Sixty-eight-year-old claretta is often confused about where she is and what time of the day it is. her adult children have noticed that other mental abilities have also been deteriorating lately. they report that claretta does not seem to remember important information and her personality has changed. which of the following best describes claretta’s condition? a. encoding failureb. dementiac. repressiond. the disinhibitory effecte. retrograde anmesia

B. Dementia.

Explanation:

Dementia encompassed a large category of brain diseases. They all have in common that they decrease the ability to think and remember. What types of diseases are the ones that could cause a person´s personality to change. The other options affect the ability to remember important information but they have not the characteristic of changing personality.

One of the most common types of dementia and the one that probably Claretta has is Alzheimer´s disease.

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