Bonnie was diagnosed with the most common form of cortical dementia, in which structural and chemical brain deterioration is associated with gradual loss of many aspects of thought and behavior. Bonnie has
A) Parkinson's disease.
B) Alzheimer's disease.
C) cerebrovascular dementia.
D) Huntington's disease
B
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Which statement about gifted children is FALSE?
A) Gifted children are usually as well adjusted as peers. B) Profoundly gifted children are more likely to become major contributors to their fields of work than moderately intelligent children. C) Extraordinary intelligence does not appear to make a person's life worse. D) Gifted children tend to have extraordinary skill in a specialized domain instead of all domains of intelligence.
What does thinking enable individuals to do?
a. create computers c. understand mathematical formulas b. balance a checkbook d. all of these
. Modern psychology is best considered to be a
A) collection of pieces of folk wisdom. B) series of contradictions to be sorted out. C) science. Correct. The study of psychology is a science, which means that there are specific methods for asking questions, gathering data, and answering questions. D) therapeutic process. Incorrect. Psychotherapy is a small part of the larger field of psychology science.
Which of the following statements is true regarding right and left hemisphere functioning?
a) Scientific research supports the claim that "right-brained" people are more creative. b) Scientific research supports the claim that "left-brained" people are more logical. c) Each hemisphere does have some specialized functions but they work together. d) Scientific research suggests that there is no specialized function in either hemisphere.