Joe Has Suffered a Massive Stroke

question 71

Multiple Choice

Joe has suffered a massive stroke.Since then, he finds it difficult to remember names of new people whom he meets or even to recognize them.This is because he is unable to retain any new memories after the stroke.In the context of the organization of the brain, these symptoms are most likely due to a damaged

• A)amygdala.
• B)thalamus.
• C)hippocampus.
• D)hypothalamus.

Associate specific behaviors and symptoms with corresponding mental health disorders.

Understand causes and symptomatic expressions of schizophrenia.

Comprehend the influence of gender on the manifestation of abnormal behaviors.

Recognize the historical and current perspectives on the origins of mental illness.

---

Definitions:

Bipolar Disorder

A condition affecting mental health, defined by pronounced mood shifts from highs (mania or hypomania) to lows (depression).

Adaptive Behaviour

The collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that people have learned to be able to function in their everyday lives.

Fraternal Twins

Twins that develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm, resulting in genetically distinct siblings born at the same time.

Identical Twins

Twins that develop from a single fertilized egg, splitting and forming two individuals with practically identical genetic material.