Orville Gilbert Brim contributed to human development through his work on social role theory. He described the process of sustaining well-being and life satisfaction in later adulthood as
a. refusing to set new goals and thereby avoiding failure.
b. becoming totally engrossed in one project at a time.
c. establishing goals that match one's desire for mastery with one's current level of ability.
d. setting increasingly ambitious goals.
c
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Huntington's disease has been associated with deficiencies in which neurotransmitter?
a. GABA b. dopamine c. MAO d. serotonin
Pat is constantly cleaning and re-cleaning the house and cannot seem to stop doing so. Pat's behavior is beginning to interfere in other areas of life and cause others, as well as Pat, great concern and distress. Pat's behavior would be described as a(n)
a. phobia. b. behavioral deficit. c. behavioral excess. d. dysthymic disorder.
In the working memory model, the visuospatial sketchpad controls the:
a. short-term retention and processing of visual and spatial information b. allocation of processing c. temporary storage and processing of acoustic and verbal information d. memory phoneme
Regarding the development of schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The older a man is when he fathers a child, the more likely it is that his child will develop schizophrenia because of genetic mutations in aging male reproductive cells. b. The risk of developing schizophrenia is about as high for the fraternal twin of a schizophrenic as for a child with one schizophrenic parent. c. When children of schizophrenic parents are raised away from their chaotic home environment, they are significantly less likely to become psychotic. d. Schizophrenia is more common among close relatives and tends to run in families.