Which of the following brain areas was most likely damaged if a person loses his or her ability to understand jokes, irony, sarcasm, and the overall context in which something is said?
a. left hemisphere
b. right hemisphere
c. amygdala
d. corpus callosum
B
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a. challenge during primary appraisal. b. challenge during secondary appraisal. c. threat during primary appraisal. d. threat during secondary appraisal.
Alfred Binet created the first ____________________ to identify children who were at risk of falling behind in their academic achievement
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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