Characteristics of what diagnosis have symptoms that include acute onset, fluctuating course, impaired level of consciousness, inattention and poor memory, usually visual hallucinations, and fleeting and fragmented delusions?
a. Delirium
b. Dementia
c. Depression
d. Schizophrenia
a
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Rituals help provide feelings of continuity during change, whereas compulsions continue because the anxiety that motivates them is unresolved
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Charmane started smoking when she started college. At first, she found that one cigarette could give her a burst of energy that would keep her going all evening on her homework. But by winter break, Charmane finds that she needs three cigarettes to get that same burst of energy to keep going. Charmane is experiencing
a. impaired control. b. intoxication. c. withdrawal. d. tolerance.
Which of the following is a sex-linked disorder that affects around 8% of men but less than 1% of women?
a) epilepsy b) attention-deficit disorder (ADD) c) red-green color blindness d) autistic disorder
Whether a rise or a fall in a person's measured intelligence occurs in later adulthood depends
mainly on the A) sex and socioeconomic status of the person. B) kinds of experiences relevant to test performance the person has. C) the person's ordinal position and family size. D) type of research methodology (longitudinal or cross-sectional) employed.