PSYB32H3 Study Guide - C. Robert Cloninger, Opiate, Pharmacology

11. During dinner one evening, Arial mentions that she just read in a popular magazine that a particular herbal substance improves memory. She's very excited about trying this supplement in hopes that it might improve her grades. Sitting across the table from her, Juan is skeptical. He begins to ask her about such things as the nature of the evidence regarding the herb's effectiveness and how big the memory improvement effect is supposed to be. Juan's behavior is most consistent with which of the following concepts discussed in the text? A) Gestalt psychology B) functionalism C) British empiricism D) critical thinking E) A & C are both correct

To date, there is no universally effective, long-term psychological treatment for antisocial personality disorder (or psychopathy specifically). In many cases, particularly when a psychopath or an individual with APD commits a violent crime, confinement is the only form of long-term management. What ethical concerns with this come to mind, if any? Should society explore other methods to treat/manage psychopathy, or is confinement a reasonable approach in violent circumstances?

37. Neurotransmitter substances are stored in the of the neuron, and after an action potential fires at the axon terminal, the neurotransmitters A) dendrites, are released into the soma of the neuron B) synaptic vesicles; are released into the axon of the neuron C) glial cells; bind to receptor sites on the post synaptic membrane D) synaptic vesicles, are released into the synapse E) dendrites; are deactivated and broken down in the axon of the neuron