Your Grandmother Asked You for Your Advice on How to Reduce

question 55

Multiple Choice

Your grandmother asked you for your advice on how to reduce normative decrements in her memory.Which of the following would not be good advice to give to her?

• A) She should practice remembering.
• B) Stick with familiar information,when possible.
• C) Learn new things.Novel information is remembered more easily.
• D) Teach her some compensatory strategies.

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Definitions:

Sinoatrial (SA) Node

A group of cells located in the right atrium of the heart that acts as the natural pacemaker, initiating the heart's electrical impulses.

Atrioventricular (AV) Node

A component of the cardiac electrical conduction system located between the atria and ventricles that delays the transmission of electrical impulses to allow for proper filling of the ventricles.

Bundle of His

A collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node to the point of the apex of the fascicular branches.

Myocardial Infarction

A medical condition also known as a heart attack, which occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked for a long enough time to cause damage or death to heart muscle.