The majority of people who suffer from dementia
a. slowly lose their mental abilities without becoming psychotic.
b. experience abrupt changes in their personality with complete mental deterioration within a year.
c. exhibit multiple delusions with complete personality deterioration.
d. experience transient hallucinations and require complete care soon after diagnosis.
a. slowly lose their mental abilities without becoming psychotic.
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One reason argued by Nolen-Hoeksema (2004) that women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with an emotional disorder is due to their____
a. biological predispositions b. limited choices c. differences brain structures d. physiological makeup
Latane, Williams, and Harkins, in their classic study of social loafing,
a. discovered loafing was eliminated when groups set clear goals. b. manipulated the indefinability of each member by having groups work in a dark room. c. distinguished between productivity losses due to loafing and losses due to lack of coordination. d. examined how rapidly people working in a pickle factory packed pickles. e. concluded that cognitive dissonance was a primary cause of social loafing.
Slot machines pay off on schedules that are determined by the random number generator that controls the play of the machine. For example, on average, the machine might pay off every 100 pulls, but sometimes two pulls are required and sometimes several hundred pulls are required. Slot machines are a real-world example of which type of reinforcement schedule?
A) variable-interval B) fixed-interval C) fixed-ratio D) variable-ratio
A person's hand is __________ relative to his or her elbow
a. proximal b. distal c. contralateral d. ipsilateral