Hippocrates Diagnoses One of His Patients as Suffering from Melancholia

question 101

Multiple Choice

Hippocrates diagnoses one of his patients as suffering from melancholia. The patient is probably ______.

• A) excessively depressed
• B) excessively excited
• C) schizophrenic
• D) autistic

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Definitions:

Eye-hand Coordination

The synchronized control of eye movement with hand movement, enabling tasks such as catching, throwing, and precise manipulation.

Categorization

An adaptive mental process in which objects are grouped into conceptual categories, allowing for organized storage of information in memory, efficient retrieval of that information, and the capacity to respond with familiarity to new stimuli from a common class.

Information Processing

The means by which individuals perceive, analyze, manipulate, store, and recall information.

Working Memory

A mental system tasked with briefly maintaining data for processing.