A progressive loss of cognitive functioning in areas such as memory, reasoning, planning, decision making, and social functioning is called __________
a. dementia
b. memory loss
c. amnesia
d. normal forgetfulness
Answer: A
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Conformity occurs when people
a. change their behavior as a result of receiving a persuasive argument. b. change their behavior as a result of observational learning. c. follow direct commands, usually from someone in a position of authority. d. yield to real or imagined social pressure.
The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology was ____.?
a. ?Bond b. ?DuBois c. ?Clark d. ?Sumner e. ?Howard
Autonomy is best defined as
a. the capacity to make independent decisions. b. a high dependence on the ideas of others. c. the ability to sense and react to the emotional states of others. d. a strong sense of belonging to a larger group (collective).
Damage to Wernicke's area results in:
A) failure to produce grammatical speech. B) great difficulty in understanding language. C) genetic dysphasia. D) great difficulty in identifying non-language sounds.