Alzheimer's disease is the result of
a) age-based slowing of all bodily processes.
b) low social and intellectual stimulation.
c) tangled abnormal protein filaments called neurofibrillary tangles.
d) side-effects of long-term medication, such as anti-Parkinson's medication.
Question 2
Which of the following cases of depression is most representative of
those for which genetic factors seem to play an especially great role?
a) Alan who sleeps more than average
b) Cara whose depression began early in life
c) Agnes whose diagnosis is of a less severe form of depression
d) Dave whose depressive symptoms do not respond to medication
An example showing a modification that has occurred as a result of biological evolution
A microsatellite locus can show linkage to a disease gene
Evidence-based practice: skin assessment
Sociologists study the social factors that underlie human behavior, the experiences that mold us, ...
How lateral inhibition produces contrast enhancement. (Based on Ratliff, 1972.)
Social Psychologist