In order for a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease to be definitively made __________.
A. brain tissue must be examined upon autopsy
B. symptoms must be present for over two years
C. the afflicted individual must exhibit delirium at least 50 percent of the time
D. plaques and tangles must be visible on an MRI
Answer: A
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b. It is a sign of emotional disturbance. c. It seems to promote cognitive development. d. It always involves imaginary companions.
Closely related to the direct/indirect issue is
a. the relative and innate factors. b. the distinction between bottom up and top down processing. c. the role of converging operations in understanding perception. d. reliability of verbal reports of perceptual phenomena.
When compared to men, women are _______ as likely to suffer from depression and _______ times as likely to suffer from an eating disorder
a. four times; ten b. twice; five c. twice; ten d. five times; twenty
The dimensional model of classification is quantitative, implying that
A) disorders that are observed are simply extreme variations of normal behavior. B) different observed disorders are qualitatively distinct from each other. C) no real differences exist among diagnostic subtypes. D) it is not possible to place disorders along a continuum of functioning.