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Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1
___________is the study of mental processes.
A)Industrial psychology
B)Architecture
C)Cognitive psychology
D)Creative psychology
2
__________________ refers to the capacity to process novel information.
A)Fluid intelligence
B)Passive-dependent
C)Integrative intelligence
D)Classic aging pattern
3
Which of the following is not a symptom of clinical depression?
A)loss of appetite
B)fatigue
C)sleep disturbance
D)being a male
4
Wisdom consists of all of the following traits except the
A)ability to reason
B)ability to learn
C)ability to think
D)ability to use information
5
Loss of short-term memory, confusion, and repetition can all be signs of which disease?
A)hypertension
B)Alzheimer's
C)Parkinson's
D)clinical depression
6
According to trait theory, everyone has a core group of traits that define his or her personality. These traits can be organized into five major factors. Which of the following is not one of these factors?
A)openness
B)neuroticism
C)conscientiousness
D)eroticism
7
One of the first individuals to analyze adult development systematically was Erik Erikson. He referred to his theory as a theory of
A)ego development.
B)life course transitions.
C)transitions through adulthood.
D)personality traits.
8
_____________ is a limited-capacity system that keeps memory in consciousness.
A)Cognitive process
B)Personality function
C)Short-term memory
D)Long-term memory
9
_____ of stroke patients eventually develop vascular dementia.
A)50%
B)53%
C)63%
D)23%
10
A person with _____ may be unable to produce meaningful speech and unable to understand written or spoken language.
A)aphasia
B)Parkinson's disease
C)Alzheimer's disease
D)hypertension







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