A progressive form of mental deterioration that affects about 1% of people age 60 and nearly 50% of those after age 85 is called
a. Parkinson's Disease. c. Alzheimer's disease.
b. senility. d. acetylcholine disease.
C
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Clive cannot remember if someone has been in his room just 15 minutes earlier and had a conversation with him. Although Clive is able to carry on a normal conversation with you, he cannot make the transfer from short-term to long-term memory. Clive must have damage to his
a. thalamus. b. hippocampus. c. pons. d. reticular formation.
Diana is a bright student, but she procrastinates. She puts off writing term papers and gets incomplete grades from her teachers which eventually become F's
Diana's therapist has her write down her thoughts about work, read the thoughts as if someone else had said them, and then write a rational response to each one. The treatment method used to help Diana deal with her problem is: a. psychodynamic therapy. b. behavior therapy. c. cognitive therapy. d. humanist therapy.
Bauer and McKinley elementary schools are involved in a canned food drive to see which school donates the most cans to a local homeless shelter. Alan, a student at Bauer elementary, says, "All the kids at McKinley elementary are just donating so they can win the contest. We're donating to help feed the homeless!" Alan's comment demonstrates
A. cognitive dissonance. B. unrealistic optimism. C. actor-observer effect. D. the ultimate attribution error.
What are the duration and the capacity of working memory?
What will be an ideal response?