Which neurotransmitter is no longer readily produced in Alzheimer's patients?
a. dopamine
b. endorphins
c. GABA
d. acetylcholine
d
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The ____ method is described as a type of posthumous extirpation.?
a. ?experimental b. ?clinical c. ?scientific d. ?electrical stimulation e. ?introspection
Shortly after the death of her husband Hatcher, Terri felt fine. However, as she has begun to grieve, she actually appears to have become more depressed. This reaction best fits with the a. Kübler-Ross stage theory
b. anniversary reaction perspective. c. normal dying trajectory. d. grief work as rumination hypothesis.
On which of the following kinds of "everyday" memory tasks is an older adult likely to do as well as younger adults?
a. recalling whether she turned off the stove before she left the house b. recalling whether she voted in the last election c. recalling the names of all the major streets of the town in which she lives d. remembering to take medication a specified number of times each day
The best way for clinicians to avoid bias in the diagnosis of patients from ethnic minority groups is to
a) avoid seeing such patients in their practice. b) avoid diagnosing such patients. c) employ only those personality measures that have been specifically designed for that ethnic group. d) learn to consider and test alternative hypotheses when evaluating clients from different ethnic groups.