The research finding that smokers were less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease is generally interpreted to mean that
a. research findings are sometimes in error
b. nicotine protects against dementia for most people.
c. smoking may be helpful in protecting people at high risk for Alzheimer's.
d. smoking may shorten the lives of smokers so that they do not live long enough to develop dementia.
d
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The one relationship Sternberg describes that is not contained in the triangular theory of love is
a. commitment without love, called empty love. b. fatuous love, passion and commitment without any intimacy or real relationship. c. nonlove, the absence of any of the three components. d. infatuation, the relationship that is sexual without love involved.
The Seattle Longitudinal Study results suggest that between the ages of 25 and 60:
a. there appears to be no uniform decline in general intellectual ability b. there appears to be a slow, steady decline in general intellectual ability c. there appears to be a slow, steady increase in general intellectual ability d. general intellectual ability is stable until around the age of 40, when it begins to decline rapidly
The purpose of structured and semi-structured interviews is
a. to collect necessary information in a standard way to allow for comparison with similar individuals. b. to initiate treatment. c. to increase confidentiality. d. to help develop the therapist/client relationship.
__________ is to word-finding difficulties as __________ is/are to difficulty using grammatical constructions.
A. Anomia; articulation difficulties B. Agrammatism; articulation difficulties C. Anomia; agrammatism D. Agrammatism; anomia