Tacrine may be useful in slowing the deterioration of cognition in some people with Alzheimer's disease. Its mechanism of action is thought to include
a. Increased hippocampal uptake of dopamine.
b. Cholinesterase inhibition.
c. Diminished production of acetylcholine from the nucleus basalis of
Meynert.
d. Diminished hippocampal acetylcholine binding.
b
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George and Logan are brothers. They live in a small apartment in the city with some other relatives. Their family is extremely poor. Their father is hardest on George, the eldest, and sometimes physically abuses the brothers. Which environmental factor is likely to be most important in the later adjustment of George and Logan?
A. Their poverty B. The overcrowding of their living situation C. The physical abuse D. The fact that they live with other family members
Behavioral psychologists would say that the high rates of academic dishonesty on college campuses is due to the
a. students' biological predispositions toward cheating. b. instinctual drives of aggressiveness against authority by young people. c. students' lack of congruence between their real and ideal selves. d. situations in classes that allow cheating to take place.
By the end of the 1950s, what percentage of American homes had at least one television?
a. 20% c. 70% b. 40% d. 90%
The textbook claims that research on short-term memory has focused on two questions: the ______ of short-term memory and how we ______ our conscious efforts at learning.
a. capacities; self-regulate b. computational power; control c. limitless nature; plan d. infallibility; undermine