Treatment of extensive brain damage involves all of the following EXCEPT
A. surgery to repair the functioning of the damaged areas.
B. trying to prevent certain conditions, such as substance abuse or strokes, that may bring on neurocognitive disorder.
C. trying to delay the onset of symptoms to provide better quality of life.
D. attempting to help these individuals and their caregivers comp with the advancing deterioration.
Answer: A
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a. synthetic drugs. b. more serious drugs. c. prescription drugs. d. several types of drugs.
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a. classical conditioning b. operant conditioning c. the mere exposure effect d. social learning
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of life goals and satisfaction in later adulthood?
a. Older adults continue to set goals and evaluate their satisfaction level. b. Older adults stop setting goals as they near the end of their life. c. Older adults tend to set goals, but not assess their degree of satisfaction d. Older adults evaluate the degree of life satisfaction without setting goals.
Millie has been hospitalized because of her anorexia. She will receive psychological intervention to help her with ____
a. learning how to find information about anorexia and other eating disorders on the Internet b. learning to develop overcontrolled eating behaviors c. learning to cope with muscle dysphoria d. identifying and understanding the dysfunctional attitudes related to the eating disorder