Ralph Is from an Impoverished Area of the Inner City

question 107

Multiple Choice

Ralph is from an impoverished area of the inner city and has been poor all of his life. Chad has grown up in a wealthy, educated environment his whole life. Research indicates that Ralph will be how many times more likely than Chad to develop schizophrenia?

• A) 15
• B) 9
• C) 5
• D) 20

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Definitions:

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A therapy method for mental illnesses that involves inducing seizures through electric stimulation to help improve patient conditions.

Anterograde Amnesia

A form of memory loss where the ability to form new memories after the event that caused the amnesia is impaired, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

Retrograde Amnesia

A memory disorder where an individual is unable to recall information that was acquired before a specific point in time, typically due to trauma or brain injury.

Hippocampus

A region of the brain associated with memory formation, organization, and storage.