At the age of 50, Debra has begun to receive quite a bit of teasing from her family about being "absentminded." The truth is that Debra has been hiding the fact that each week she seems to remember less and less. For the last month she has been getting lost while driving home from work. Lately Debra has been relying on a hand-drawn map to get home. She has started having trouble recognizing the faces of people at work and frequently forgets why she started to do something. Debra appears to be developing:
A. delirium
B. amnestic disorder
C. dementia
D. medically induced dementia
C. dementia
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Which of the following provides evidence for the role of environment in obesity?
a. Some children inherit a tendency to turn extra calories into fat. b. Identical twins have similar body weights regardless of whether they were reared together or apart. c. Watching TV seems to have an effectchildren's weight. d. Obese children have higher levels of testosterone.
Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind, the personal and the ________
a) collective b) animus c) anima d) preconscious
Wayne's doctor attempts to help Wayne by prescribing a drug that blocks receptors for dopamine. Wayne has apparently been diagnosed with
A) a mood disorder. B) an anxiety disorder. C) a personality disorder. D) schizophrenia.
According to Jean Piaget, which of the following is true?
A. Cognitive abilities are inborn and do not change over time. B. The cognitive abilities of young children are the same as those of adults. C. Cognitive abilities develop in stages rather than gradually. D. Both children and adolescents can reason abstractly.