Ned Is Extremely Sad and Has Difficulty Sleeping

question 171

Multiple Choice

Ned is extremely sad and has difficulty sleeping.He also experiences very low self-esteem that seems to be steadily getting even lower.These are features of:

• A) depression.
• B) schizophrenia.
• C) bipolar disorder.
• D) Alzheimer's disease.

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Empirical Evidence

Information acquired by observation or experimentation that serves as the basis for knowledge and the formation of theories.

Philosophy

The study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning where behavioral potency is changed through the implementation of incentives or consequences.

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A learning process in which two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.