When People with and Without Support Groups Are Studied,what Have

question 57

Multiple Choice

When people with and without support groups are studied,what have researchers found?

• A) Support groups are the most important factor predicting social and physical health.
• B) Having a supportive group of people around us is important to our psychological well- being but not our physical health.
• C) Social support is important but mostly for those individuals who are at high risk for various physical or psychological disorders.
• D) Having a supportive group of people around us is important to our physical health but not our psychological well-being.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

A capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Working Memory

Working memory is a cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing, important for reasoning and the guidance of decision-making and behavior.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system where information is stored for a short duration, typically seconds to minutes.

Henry Molaison (H.M.)

A patient who became an important case study in the understanding of memory after undergoing a surgical procedure that left him with severe anterograde amnesia.