What is the term for a progressive brain disorder that produces loss of memory and confusion and, in many cases, death?

Linus, Adjoa, and Jelani were all asked by their professor to

take 60 seconds and list as many different uses for a note card as they could think of in that time frame. Jelani came up with six uses and Linus came up with five. Adjoa, however, was able to come up with fourteen uses for a note card. Based on the research, which of the following is likely true of Adjoa? a) She is a convergent thinker. b) She prefers to think in a conventional manner. c) She experienced a mental set. d) She is a divergent thinker.

Faith says that she agrees with the diathesis-stress view of psychopathology that ____

a. biochemical changes influence the structure of the brain to produce most disorders b. the environment plays little, if any, role in the development of disorders c. genetics are unimportant in the explanation of disorders d. genetics and environmental factors interact to cause disorders