Hippocampal abnormalities have been associated with major depression, schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and Alzheimer's disease

Which of the following is characteristic of the obsessions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder?

A. The obsessions serve to alleviate the anxiety created by the compulsions. B. The obsessions are clearly related to a traumatic life event. C. The obsessions are rarely related to the compulsions exhibited. D. Individuals with OCD attempt to neutralize the obsessions.

Mrs. Petraglia is the teacher of a 3rd grade class, and the kids are working on learning how to write sentences and paragraphs. Even though all of the students have very different handwriting – some neat, some sloppy,

some nearly unintelligible – Mrs. Petraglia is able to read the words of all of her different students because she expects to see certain letters and certain words on the papers. Which theory of perception explains why Mrs. Petraglia can read her students' various handwriting? a. Bottom-up processing b. Top-down processing c. Illusory contours d. Graphorelative prediction