In operant conditioning, the process bywhich a behavior will increase or decrease in frequency
is called the Law of ________.
A) Consequences
B) Diminishing Returns
C) Reinforcers
D) Effect
D
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The disruption of short-term memory, perceptual skills, and higher-level cognitive abilities for people with dementia can also lead to
a. hallucinations. b. disruptions of judgment. c. aggressive outbursts and use of obscene language. d. disorientation to time, place and person.
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding mood disorders?
a. An individual experiencing manic symptoms can also be depressed or anxious b. Unipolar mania is more common than unipolar depression. c. An individual who has experienced only manic episodes in the past is unlikely to ever become depressed. d. Neither manic nor depressive symptoms remit on their own without treatment.
Remembering a list of numbered rhymes, such as one is bun, two is shoe, and using the rhyming words to create interactive images to assist later recall, is a mnemonic device known as:
a. the method of loci b. acoustic enhancement c. context-specific processing d. the pegword method
LTP is similar to long-term memory in which of the following ways?
A. It requires input to be presented at rates of 2 per second or less. B. It occurs only in the hippocampus. C. It takes only seconds to develop and lasts indefinitely. D. It requires the activity of neurons that release ACh.