After a car accident, which causes brain damage, Santos is experiencing a great deal of difficulty storing new memories about events in his life and verbal information. Santos most likely had damage to a subcortical part of the forebrain known as the
Fill in the blank with correct word
hippocampus
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Roy watches Ginger put a piece of candy in a drawer and leave the room. Ginger's friend comes in and moves the candy into a cabinet. When asked, Roy says that Ginger will first look for her candy in the cabinet. Roy's response illustrates __________.
A. a false belief task B. object permanence C. autistic tendencies D. a well-developed theory of mind
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Humans are better at judging frequencies than they are at judging probabilities. 2. The availability bias happens when items that are more easily recalled from memory are judged as being more lik 3. A heuristic is a well-defined sequence of steps that guarantees a solution to a problem. 4. Algorithms are mental shortcuts that sometimes lead to incorrect decisions. 5. The availability bias is an example of a heuristic.
Risks of gaining too much weight during pregnancy include ______
a. structural abnormalities in the fetus b. jaundice in the fetus c. increased chance of stroke in the mother d. hypertension, preeclampsia, and diabetes in the mother
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the relationship between mental illness and dangerousness?
a) Most mentally ill people are violent at some point during their illness. b) More crimes are committed by mentally ill people than any other group. c) Among mentally ill people, violence is most common among those with schizophrenia. d) People with mental illness who were not substance abusers were no more likely to engage in violence than non-mentally ill people who were not substance abusers.