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Title: Alice's eight-year-old daughter Hannah constantly argues with her about her bedtime. Hannah wants ...
Post by: calig45 on Mar 9, 2018
Alice's eight-year-old daughter Hannah constantly argues with her about her bedtime. Hannah wants to stay up until eleven o'clock at night, which means she might get about seven hours of sleep. What would her doctor say about this bedtime?
 
  a. Hannah needs to get about 10 hours of sleep.
 b. Seven hours of sleep would be more than enough.
 c. Hannah should be in bed by eight o'clock if she needs to get up by eight the next morning.
  d. As long as Hannah gets at least eight hours of sleep, staying up is okay.

Question 2

Dobkin and colleagues (2006) found that ____ is a feasible and effective treatment with individuals who have cognitive deficits resulting from neurocognitive disorders.
 
  a. cognitive-behavioral therapy targeting depression
  b. psychoanalysis targeting childhood trauma
 c. motivational interviewing
 d. medication

Question 3

Research by Wilson and colleagues (2007) found that difficulty ____ may be one of the first signs of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
 
  a. recognizing old friends
 b. remembering phone numbers
 c. identifying smells
 d. remembering where items like glasses and keys have been placed

Question 4

Neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques are predictive of subsequent development of which condition?
 
  a. Alzheimer's disease
 b. Huntington's disease
  c. epilepsy
 d. meningitis

Question 5

Patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) most typically consider the most disturbing symptom to be ____.
 
  a. deterioration of memory
 b. loss of ability to problem solve
 c. loss of ability to think abstractly
 d. deterioration of their physical functioning

Question 6

Dr. Jensen was discussing improvement with Rita and her daughter. Since Rita has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), what Dr. Jensen most probably means by improvement is that ____.
 
  a. Rita will recover completely
 b. Rita will regain some of her cognitive functioning
 c. Rita's rate of decline will be slowed
 d. as her AD progresses, Rita will be less aware of, and thus less troubled by, her cognitive decline

Question 7

Which cognitive disorder is characterized by atrophy of brain tissue?
 
  a. frontotemporal lobar degeneration
  b. vascular dementia
 c. Parkinson's disease
 d. epilepsy


Title: Alice's eight-year-old daughter Hannah constantly argues with her about her bedtime. Hannah wants ...
Post by: apduaobvou on Mar 9, 2018
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Title: Alice's eight-year-old daughter Hannah constantly argues with her about her bedtime. Hannah wants ...
Post by: calig45 on Mar 9, 2018
Thank you soooo very much, it was really helpful and kind of you to answer my q's


Title: Alice's eight-year-old daughter Hannah constantly argues with her about her bedtime. Hannah wants ...
Post by: apduaobvou on Mar 9, 2018
You're welcome, once again


Title: Re: Alice's eight-year-old daughter Hannah constantly argues with her about her bedtime. Hannah ...
Post by: Brittany Nicole on Dec 22, 2019
Thank you