This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Which of the following findings presents a serious challenge to the theory of schizophrenia that ... (Read 38 times)

mckennatimberlake

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 559
Which of the following findings presents a serious challenge to the theory of schizophrenia that proposes an excess amount of dopamine to be at the core of this disorder?
 
  a) Antipsychotic drugs relieve the symptoms of both drug psychoses and the psychosis of schizophrenia.
  b) Homovanillic acid, the major metabolite of dopamine, is not present in greater amounts in schizophrenics.
  c) Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are reduced by antipsychotic drugs more than negative symptoms.
  d) None of the above represents a challenge to the dopamine activity theory.

Question 2

The technique of systematic desensitization is based on the theory that relaxation is
 
  a) more natural than fear.
   b) reinforced by attention.
   c) incompatible with previously learned anxiety.
   d) the ideal behavioral response to environmental situations.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

alexanderhamilton

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 334
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c




mckennatimberlake

  • Member
  • Posts: 559
Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


covalentbond

  • Member
  • Posts: 336
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

Did you know?

Parkinson's disease is both chronic and progressive. This means that it persists over a long period of time and that its symptoms grow worse over time.

Did you know?

Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.

Did you know?

The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.

Did you know?

The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.

Did you know?

Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library