A much – feared outcome of Alzheimer’s disease is:

Related Mcqs:

1. Current research suggests the cause of Alzheimer’s disease is:

   A. brain pathology
   B. a traumatic childhood
   C. inconsistent and ineffective parenting
   D. persistent delusional thoughts

2. Alzheimer’s disease involves a deterioration of neurons that produce:

   A. dopamine
   B. epinephrine
   C. acetylcholine
   D. estrogen

3. Authorities feared that a certain event might result in a significant increase in Jerusalem Syndrome. What event was that?

   A. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
   B. The six Day War
   C. The start of the new Millennium
   D. The Yom Kippur War

4. Gradual exposure to actual feared situation is called ____________?

   A. Cognitive desensitization
   B. In vivo desensitization
   C. Flooding
   D. Breaking of resistance

5. Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:

   A. the law effect
   B. stimulus generalization
   C. stimulus discrimination
   D. an overactive imagination

6. After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease related symptoms. His reaction best illustrated the impact of:

   A. The cocktail party effect
   B. Perceptual set
   C. Relative clarity
   D. The Ponzo illusion

7. Patients’ negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrate the importance of:

   A. transduction
   B. difference thresholds
   C. sensory adaption
   D. top-down processing

8. A variable such as the personality of a subject, that might affect he outcome of and experiment would be controlled by:

   A. random assignment of subjects
   B. assuming the effects of the variable are negligible
   C. manipulating the dependent variables simultaneously
   D. repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent

9. Experimental groups, treatment groups and control group represent ways to________________ outcome variables.

   A. Manipulate
   B. Correlate
   C. Attract
   D. Validate

10. The extent to which people believe that they can bring about an outcome is referred to as________.

    A. Extraversion
    B. Neuroticism
    C. Self-efficacy
    D. Self-regulation