Alice, who is now in her seventies, tends to ramble on about various topics and has difficulty sustaining attention to the conversations around her. This behavior is likely related to
A. increased sensitivity in her amygdala.
B. increased hippocampal functioning.
C. decreased sensitivity to positive events.
D. decreased executive functioning.
Answer: D
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Joanna has been having a lot of struggles in her life as of late. She has decided to embrace her spiritual faith and to turn her problems over to God. Which of the following will be the third step of this process, according to the research presented by your authors?
a. emotionally disconnecting from problems that cannot be changed b. focusing her own efforts on parts of her problems that she can change c. distinguishing between things that can and cannot be changed d. going to her church to seek God's help through prayer and meditation
_____ are an important aspect of psychological and physical healing for some Latino communities, and it may be the case that only when such measures fail to help are mental health professionals acknowledged
a) Quinceañeras b) Chiropractic manipulations c) Prayers d) Homeopathic cures
Negative reinforcement is:
A. a pleasant stimulus that increases the likelihood of the response occurring again B. an unpleasant stimulus that increases the likelihood of the response occurring again C. an unpleasant stimulus that decreases the likelihood of the response occurring again D. the removal of an unpleasant stimulus that increases the likelihood of the response occurring again