Al is 64 years old; he is currently a patient at a local hospital where a psychological battery revealed that he has subaverage intelligence and related deficits. Physicians and psychologists believe that his condition is the result of a degenerative
brain disease. What is Al's most likely diagnosis?
a. dementia
b. delirium
c. emotional trauma
d. Asperger's disorder
Answer: a.
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A. 1,000 B. 2,000 C. 5,000 D. 10,000
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Among __________, cancer rates are higher than they are among other groups
a) African Americans b) Asian Americans c) Hispanic Americans d) Native Americans
Sonia can tie her shoes while barely paying attention to what she is doing due to
A) self-regulation. B) a fuzzy trace. C) metacognition. D) automaticity.