Which of the following is definitively diagnostic of Alzheimer's disease?
A) The presence of plaque in the arteries of the brain
B) The presence of chronic mild dementia
C) Changes seen on an MRI scan as the person is showing cognitive declines
D) The presence of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain
D
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When evaluating psychological research, it is important to scrutinize whether the collected data support or refute the original hypothesis. Which error is an experimenter most likely to make??
a. ?ignoring conflicting data and seeing only that which supports the hypothesis b. ?being overly sensitive to conflicting data and refuting the hypothesis too quickly c. ?being a sloppy researcher and missing supportive data d. ?ignoring supportive data and seeing only that which refutes the hypothesis
Damage to the supplementary motor area (SMA) is typical in cases of
A. transcortical motor aphasia. B. Broca's aphasia. C. transcortical sensory aphasia. D. conduction aphasia.
One technique of the fast-growing scientific discipline of __________ is to insert nucleotides that prevent the expression of a gene.
a. heredity science b. evolutionary psychology c. molecular genetics d. sociobiology e. allelology