Dalton Has Been Diagnosed with Korsakoff's Syndrome

question 16

Multiple Choice

 Dalton has been diagnosed with Korsakoff's syndrome. What likely caused his disorder?

• A) He is an alcoholic and has damaged his nervous system such that glucose cannot cross the blood-brain barrier.
• B) He has been exposed to a virus that has now started killing neurons.
• C) He doesn't have enough thiamine probably as a result of chronic alcoholism.
• D) His glial cells are overactive and are damaging healthy neurons.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavior modification where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens a behavior.

Cumulative Recorder

A device used in behavioral psychology to record the frequency of behavior over time, visually displaying the accumulation of responses.

Response Rate

The frequency or rate at which a specific behavior or action is performed, often measured in psychological experiments or surveys.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response learned from one stimulus is elicited by similar, but distinct, stimuli.