Phillip's doctor has recommended that Phillip take his medication early in the mornings. Phillip is having trouble remembering to take his blood pressure medication in the mornings when he wakes up. Sometimes he doesn't remember to take his medication all day, and thus misses a dose. One approach Phillip might take to improving his memory for this task is to
a. develop a mental image that represents him taking the medication b. create an acronym to help him remember the medication
c. pay more attention to his daily activities
d. devise a rhyme that reminds him to take the medication in the morning e. link this task to an external time-based cue, such as having breakfast
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a. make a record of when he is irritable. b. design an intervention program. c. identify specific examples of his responses that show irritability. d. select a reinforcer.
Ashley's mother woke up one morning seeing rings of flashing light in one eye. Her doctor diagnosed the event as a "vitreous detachment.". Although Ashley was unfamiliar with this condition until she looked it up in her search engine, she was able to tell her mother that it probably involved: a. the pigmented tissue at the back of the eye that supports the photoreceptors. b. a blockage of the
tear ducts at the outer upper corner of the eye. c. the fluid located in the main interior chamber of the eyeball. d. the fluid located in the secondary anterior chamber of the eyeball.
Cameron touches a hot iron and immediately pulls his hand away. His quick response occurs because ________
a. spinal reflexes are automatic, requiring no conscious effort. b. the brain registers the pain and responds quickly. c. his glands have secreted chemical messengers called hormones. d. pain information is sent to the brain faster than other sensory information.
Galileo tried to solve the problem of how gravity works by:
A) dropping a heavy and a light cannon ball from the Leaning Tower of Pisa B) performing a thought experiment C) rolling balls down a series of inclined planes D) both B and C are correct