Which statement about strokes is accurate?
a. Survivors can never recover.
b. Survivors generally require short-term care.
c. Strokes are a significant cause of disability.
d. Most strokes occur in individuals younger than 50 years of age.
C
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Wundt argued that if an animal has any sensory ability, then it can make judgments and conscious inferences
a. True b. False
The belief that one should not change an answer on a test, even if additional consideration has led one to believe another answer might be the correct one, is called the ____
a. false consensus effect b. magical thinking c. contamination d. first instinct fallacy
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Neurotransmission, or communication among neurons, is analogous to you sending a toy boat across a river to your friend on the other side 2. Neurotransmission between two neurons physically changes the synapse, or space between these neurons 3. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize by demonstrating long-term memory in the Aplysia, a one-celled organism 4. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves the growth of new synaptic connections among neurons 5. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves enhanced neurotransmitter release
In their research into the function of memory in younger, middle aged, and older adults, Cartensen and her colleagues found that older adults:
a. actually have much better memories of life experiences than do younger adults. b. selectively remembered positive events while forgetting negative ones. c. were less able to remember their own experiences, but were more able to remember skills. d. showed no sign of memory impairment unless there was an identifiable organic/physical cause.