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Chapter 1.

Student Video Activities for Abnormal Psychology
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The Lobotomy: Far from a Cure

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Author: Ronald J. Comer

Princeton University

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This video shows historical footage of patients before and after receiving lobotomies. Although each case was pointed to as a success at the time, it is obvious, looking back, that the postoperative behavior and functioning of the patients were hardly ideal or problem-free.

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1. According to the textbook, the first lobotomy was performed by ___________.

2. The patients in the video manifested each of the following symptoms prior to their lobotomies, except:

3. In the days immediately following their lobotomies, the patients in the video seemed to display each of the following, except:

4. According to the textbook, lobotomies could result in each of the following, except:

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