Wernicke – korsakoff syndrome is characterised by apathy, amnesia confabulation and ataxia. It is caused by the lack of which vitamin?

Related Mcqs:

1. Researchers found that an important factor in non- intervention or bystander apathy was _________?

   A. Group think
   B. Diffusion of responsibility
   C. Over- investment
   D. Self doubt

2. Amnesia, fugue, and multiple personality are all classified as which behavior disorder?

   A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   B. organic brain syndrome
   C. affective disorder
   D. dissociative disorder

3. Sudden temporary amnesia or instance of multiple personality are_______disorders.

   A. dissociative
   B. anxiety
   C. psychotic
   D. schizophrenic

4. Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area of the brain are involved in the ____________ and _____________ of speech respectively.

   A. understanding, production
   B. comprehension, formulation
   C. organizing, production
   D. production, comprehension

5. After Rauf’s serious snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke’s area. Because of the damage, Rauf is most likely to experience difficulty in:

   A. understanding what others are saying
   B. recognizing familiar faces
   C. pronouncing words correctly
   D. controlling voluntary muscles

6. Wernicke’s area is responsible for:

   A. Spatial abilities
   B. Speech production
   C. Understanding speech
   D. Consolidating memory

7. Down’s syndrome is caused by ______________________?

   A. a recessive gene
   B. a missing sex chromosome
   C. an extra autosome or part of one
   D. an extra sex chromosome or part of one

8. A friend states that since he has been taking vitamin C, he has not had a single cold. His observation has little value in assessing the effects of vitamin C because:

   A. there was no control group for comparison
   B. he has not calculated a correlation coefficient
   C. of the effect of the observer on the observed
   D. he does not specify his dosage of vitamin

9. Jamil has a lack of interest in friends or lovers and experiences very little emotion. He can be described as having which of the following personality disorders?

   A. avoidant
   B. schizoid
   C. borderline
   D. paranoid

10. A person who has an extreme lack of self – confidence and who allows others to run his or her life is said to have a(n)________personality.

    A. dependent
    B. narcissistic
    C. paranoid
    D. antisocial