A doctor enters her office and greets her patient, "Good morning, Ted.". The patient answers in an unfamiliar voice, "Ted has gone away.". The doctor asks, "Would you like to tell me your name?" "I'm Ernie, and I don't like you!" her patient replies. This patient has
a. generalized amnesia. c. dissociative fugue.
b. dissociative identity disorder. d. an attitude disorder.
B
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Suppose that your elderly uncle is coming to visit. You are concerned, because you will be discussing some important issues and do not want to overload his working memory. Based on the information in Chapter 13, you would suspect that
a. you probably do not need to worry, because no age-related differences have been reported for working memory. b. you probably do not need to worry, as long as you aren't talking to him while he is doing another complex task at the same time. c. you probably need to worry, because elderly people show deficits in the functioning of the phonological loop. d. you probably need to worry, because young adults and older adults have similar working memory only when speech rate is significantly slower than normal.
Causation implies correlation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Recent evidence suggests that genetic factors play the biggest part in the development of _____ cancer
A) ?breast B) ?prostate C) ?lung D) ?colorectal
Which statement about prenatal exposure to cocaine is true?
A. Cocaine expands blood vessels, causing the developing organism to receive too much oxygen. B. Cocaine expands blood vessels, causing the developing organism to produce too much carbon dioxide. C. Cocaine constricts blood vessels, causing oxygen delivered to the developing organism to fall for 15 minutes following a high dose. D. Cocaine constricts blood vessels, causing oxygen delivered to the developing organism to increase for 15 minutes following a high dose.