| A) | A global term for any neurological disorder in which the primary symptoms involve a deterioration of mental functioning.
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| B) | A progressive, irreversible brain disorder characterized by a gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and eventually physical function.
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| C) | Concentrating on more than one activity at the same time.
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| D) | Expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life that permits excellent judgment about important matters.
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| E) | A mood disorder in which the individual is deeply unhappy, demoralized, self-derogatory, and bored; the person does not feel well, loses stamina easily, has poor appetite, and is listless and unmotivated. Major depression is so widespread that it has been called the "common cold" of mental disorders.
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| F) | A person's knowledge about the world—including one's fields of expertise, general academic knowledge of the sort learned in school, and "everyday knowledge."
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| G) | Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant.
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| H) | The ability to remember where one learned something.
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| I) | A chronic, progressive disease characterized by muscle tremors, slowing of movement, and partial facial paralysis.
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| J) | The culture-based "software" of the mind; it involves reading and writing skills, language comprehension, educational qualifications, professional skills, and knowledge about the self and the life skills that help us to master or cope with life.
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| K) | Memory without conscious recollection; involves skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed.
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| L) | The retention of information about the where and when of life's happenings.
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| M) | Memory of facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can state.
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| N) | Sporadic and progressive loss of intellectual functioning caused by repeated temporary obstruction of blood flow in cerebral arteries.
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| O) | The "hardware" of the mind, reflecting the neurophysiological architecture of the brain as developed through evolution; it involves the speed and accuracy of the processes of sensory input, visual and motor memory, discrimination, comparison, and categorization.
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| P) | Involves remembering to do something in the future.
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| Q) | The state of readiness to detect and respond to small changes occurring at random times in the environment.
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