What Type of Deficiency Causes Korsakoff's Syndrome

question 61

Multiple Choice

 What type of deficiency causes Korsakoff's syndrome?

• A) Thiamine
• B) Protein
• C) Sodium
• D) Calcium

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing qualities, such as food or water, that satisfy biological needs.

Superstitious Behaviour

Actions linked to beliefs in supernatural causality, where one event causes another without any natural process linking the two events, often influenced by cultural or personal significance.

Partial Reinforcement

A type of learning in which a behavior is reinforced only a portion of the time it occurs, known to increase resistance to extinction.

Non-Contingent Reinforcement

A form of reinforcement where rewards are given at fixed or variable intervals independent of the recipient's behavior.