The observation that children with Down syndrome may alternate between periods of gain and functioning and periods of little or no advance is the ____
a. functioning difference hypothesis
b. variance hypothesis
c. variance observation
d. slowing and stability hypothesis
d
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Sometimes the expectations and beliefs of the people surrounding a patient can influence the patient's ability to improve from a treatment. This is called __________.
A. placebo by proxy B. a psychosomatic disorder C. behavioral medicine D. a Type D personality
Dara keeps records of her progress, such as the number of pages she reads, hours studied, and assignments completed, because she knows that reflective learning depends on
a. massed practice. b. self-monitoring. c. mnemonics. d. perfectionism.
Which of the following is TRUE?
A. There are more than 100 different types of cancer. B. Leukemia is a type of cancer that involves tumors in the breast. C. Tumors that are cancerous are referred to as benign. D. Gerontology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of cancer.
Suppose you are a neuroscientist, and you are studying brain activation differences between younger adults and older adults. You notice that while performing the same set of tasks, the older adults tend to use more of their brains than the younger adults. This phenomenon is known as ______ among older adults.
a. compensation b. deletion c. addition d. neural subtraction