Your friend's aunt just had a prescription filled. When you look up the brand name for the drug on the Internet, you discover the drug primarily affects levels of dopamine in the brain. Based on this information, it is most likely that your friend's aunt is being treated for:
a. obsessive-compulsive disorder
b. depression
c. schizophrenia
d. Alzheimer's disease
C
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Describe the academic skills deficit and core cognitive processes associated with a learning disorder in the area of reading. How do you think each of these deficits might impact a child's ability to be an effective reader?
What will be an ideal response?
How do opiate drugs such as heroin and morphine exert their effects?
A. by binding to specific receptors in the brain B. by blocking activity of pain receptors in the skin C. by altering the pattern of blood flow to the brain D. by blocking reuptake of dopamine into presynaptic neurons
Darwin drew upon the proposition of Malthus that ___________.
a. among species, those that compete ably are most likely to survive b. more people are born than is food produced (that the number of people reaches a level that the environmental resources cannot support) but a balance is maintained by nature c. species appear to be perfectly adapted to their environment d. populations increase arithmetically and food supplies increase geometrically
A grandfather is comparing what work was like when he was young (50 years ago) to life in 2018. Which is NOT a statement he should make?
a) "In my day, we worked longer hours at our jobs." b) "In my day, jobs were more secure." c) "Back in the day, women often stayed at home while men worked." d) "Back in the day, we had jobs that were really 9 to 5."