Research to support a genetic component to ADHD indicates that the regulation of _______ may be involved
a. dopamine
b. noradrenaline
c. testosterone
d. benzoate
a
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Dr. Jensen was discussing "improvement" with Rita and her daughter. Since Rita has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), what Dr. Jensen most probably means by "improvement" is that ____
a. Rita will recover completely b. Rita will regain some of her cognitive functioning c. Rita's rate of decline will be slowed d. as her AD progresses, Rita will be less aware of, and thus less troubled by, her cognitive decline
Which type of forgetting occurs when memory traces weaken because these memories have not been periodically utilized or retrieved?
a. suppression b. disuse c. consolidation d. encoding failure
Researchers are attempting to assess if cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for depression. Participants with unipolar depression are assessed and then randomly assigned to either a treatment group or a control group. The treatment group receives CBT twice per week for 6 weeks. The control group receives no treatment. At the end of the 6 weeks, the depression levels of
both groups are reassessed. This study found that CBT treatment was more effective than no treatment but is limited because it did not control for: A) natural improvement. B) placebo effects. C) preexisting differences among participants. D) participant gender.
The rates of learning disabilities and mental disorders are ___________ in left-handed people as compared to right-handed people
a) significantly higher b) slightly higher c) slightly lower d) significantly lower