A Patient in an Alcohol Rehabilitation Center Tells You a Detailed

question 103

Multiple Choice

A patient in an alcohol rehabilitation center tells you a detailed story about growing up in the mountains of Tennessee. Later, you find out that the person had never even visited Tennessee. A day later you visit the patient again, and the patient does not recognize you. This patient is MOST likely suffering from:

• A) fetal alcohol syndrome.
• B) cirrhosis.
• C) withdrawal of delirium.
• D) Korsakoff's syndrome.

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Definitions:

Correlational Study

A research method used to determine the relationship between two variables, without implying causation.

Cause-and-Effect

Cause-and-effect refers to the relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others, typically serving as the reason something happens.

Experimental Method

A research technique in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).

Correlational Studies

Research methods that examine the relationship between two or more variables to determine if a change in one variable is associated with a change in another.