Which cognitive ability would be LEAST impaired as a person ages?
A) remembering details from a childhood birthday party
B) remembering a phone number
C) retrieving names of high school classmates from memory
D) understanding vocabulary in a person's language
D) understanding vocabulary in a person's language
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A researcher discussing the prevalence of eating disorders makes reference to what she says is a cohort effect for these disorders. What does this mean?
a. Eating disorders tend to run in close-knit families. b. Women born after 1960 have a higher rate of bulimia nervosa than women born prior to 1960. c. Families that place a special emphasis on eating meals together have high rates of eating disorders. d. The frequency of eating disorders is strongly related to the rate among friends, especially in high school.
According to Adler, which one of the following types typically tries to reduce feelings of anxiety by acting in anti-social ways?
a. avoiding type b. ruling type c. getting type d. competitive type
Which neurotransmitters are most important in the development of depression?
a) GABA and serotonin b) acetylcholine and GABA c) dopamine and epinephrine d) norepinephrine and serotonin
Comparing the human brain at age two to the human brain at birth, it is clear that ____
a. there are 50% more neurons b. there are 50% fewer neurons c. the number of neurons has not changed d. there is no way to determine that change in the brain has occurred