The incidence of late-life depression is _____ correlated with the incidence of major neurocognitive disorders.
A) negatively
B) not
C) minimally
D) positively
Question 2Stress can impact an individual's health DIRECTLY by
A) increasing the frequency of injuries.
B) changing or affecting the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems.
C) increasing alcohol consumption.
D) decreasing sleep.
Question 3The genetic disorder that causes benign tumor growth in every organ in the body is called
A) Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
B) Tuberous sclerosis complex.
C) Williams syndrome.
D) Praeder-Willi syndrome.
Question 4Which genetic disorder is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability?
A) Down syndrome
B) Phenylketonuria
C) Fragile X syndrome
D) Praeder-Willi syndrome
Question 5Which scale is used to assess day-to-day events that counteract the negative effects of stress?
A) Uplifts
B) Hassles
C) Social Readjustment Rating Scale
D) Likert
Question 6Depressive disorders among older people occur more often in
A) women than in men.
B) Whites and African Americans than among Hispanics.
C) men than in women.
D) Whites and Hispanics than among African Americans.
Question 7A shared limitation of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the Hassles Scale, and the Uplifts Scale is
A) poor real-life generalization.
B) the possibility of memory bias.
C) not factoring in individual differences.
D) an inability to differentiate between the impact of positive and negative life events.
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