Standard treatment for Alzheimer's disease includes
a) behavior therapy to maintain cognitive skills.
b) helping the victim recognize deterioration and make plans.
c) drugs to reduce toxic neurotransmitter levels.
d) drugs to increase acetylcholine levels.
Question 2_________ involve abnormalities in the amount, quality, or timing of sleep while _________ are marked by unusual behavior in association with sleep.
a) Sleepwalking disorder; parasomnias
b) Dyssomnias; parasomnias
c) Parasomnias; narcolepsy
d) Dyssomnias; narcolepsy
Question 3Dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine are classified as
a) indolamines.
b) catecholamines.
c) reuptake inhibitors.
d) gamma aminobutyric acids.
Question 4Cecilia has three sets of clothing and three sets of friends. She sometimes experiences herself as being one age and with one self-concept, and at other times, another age with another self-concept and so on. She may be exhibiting signs of
a) depersonalization.
b) dissociative fugue.
c) generalized amnesia.
d) dissociative identity disorder.
Question 5Which treatment approach focuses on memories of early relationships
with parents and significant others?
a) behavioral
b) existential
c) client-centered
d) psychodynamic
Question 6Mary, who has trichotillomania (chronic hair pulling), is enrolled in a single-subject study using an ABAB design to see if she pulls more hair while watching TV.
Mary watched TV during dinner for four weeks and pulled at least ten hairs a day for the four weeks. Then she left the TV off for four weeks and pulled only one hair per day for the four weeks. In the next step of this design, the experimenter should have Mary
a) get other subjects to follow the same procedure.
b) have her mother rate how much she eats.
c) turn the TV back on for four weeks.
d) change what she eats during dinner.
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