Which of the Following Statements About Dementia Is FALSE

question 228

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about dementia is FALSE?

• A) Dementia is only moderately correlated with age.
• B) Dementia affects approximately 1 to 2% of people over the age of 65.
• C) Severe memory problems are characteristic of dementia.
• D) Dementia usually affects cognitive functions such as abstract thinking or language.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process whereby a learned response is reduced or eliminated, often as a result of repeated absence of the expected reinforcement.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Classically Conditioned

Pertains to a learning process in psychology where an association is made between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.