Infants who receive adequate nutrition but act as though they have been deprived of food, because they are listless and apathetic, are exhibiting signs of which condition?
A. nonorganic failure to thrive
B. marasmus
C. kwashiorkor
D. undernutrition
Answer: A
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Transience refers to forgetting that occurs as a result of divided attention. 2. Hermann Ebbinghaus first described how information in long-term memory is forgotten with the passage of time. 3. As time passes, information is lost from long-term memory at a constant rate. 4. As time passes, we begin to lose information in our long-term memory store at a faster and faster rate. 5. Most forgetting occurs soon after the occurrence of the event to be remembered.
The emotional symptoms of Klüver-Bucy syndrome probably result from damage to the
A. amygdala. B. orbitofrontal cortex. C. septal area. D. temporal lobe cortex.
In order for antisocial personality disorder to be diagnosed, the patient must be at least
A) 18 years old and have had symptoms of conduct disorder before age 15. B) 21 years old and have had symptoms of conduct disorder before age 18. C) 18 years old and have had no symptoms of conduct disorder before age 15. D) 21 years old and have had no symptoms of conduct disorder before age 18.
An individual develops intellectual disability because of a disorder called phenylketonuria. Which of the following occurrences is a cause of the intellectual disability in the individual?
A) The replacement of myelin by hard, fibrous tissue in the individual's neurons B) The inhibition of normal myelin development in the individual's brain C) Insulation of the neurons by myelin D) Myelination of the prefrontal matter of the individual's brain