Although Buford Furrow's family recognized that there was something wrong with him, he was not institutionalized. What is the primary reason that he was not committed to a mental institution?
a) He had not committed a crime.
b) Physicians could not agree on a diagnosis.
c) State law prohibits family members from committing a family member older than 13.
d) A judge determined that he could receive the treatment he needed on an outpatient basis.
c
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People with Down syndrome
A) have brains that are approximately 10 percent lighter than those of normal people. B) suffer from augmented activity of the frontal lobe. C) often fail to learn to talk. D) have no distinguishing physical characteristics. E) hace an extra Y chromosome.
Bill is a retired aircraft mechanic, who has agreed to talk to a group of high school students about the early days of commercial aviation. Bill is concerned that any slip in his memory will confirm the belief that all older people are forgetful. Because he is anxious and preoccupied about possible memory lapses, Bill actually does have problems with his memory. This illustrates that
a. negative stereotypes can have a self-fulfilling quality. b. most stereotypes have some degree of truth to them. c. all older people have frequent memory lapses. d. stereotypes are never positive.