Ruth has recently experienced a cerebral vascular accident involving an interruption of the flow of blood to her brain. If you were going to use the more common term for this medical event, you’d say that she had a(n) ____.

a. aneurysm
b. stroke
c. heart attack
d. syncopal episode


Answer: b. stroke

Psychology

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The French psychologist Alfred Binet

a. proposed a set of stages in the development of intelligence. b. developed statistical techniques for measuring intellectual differences among groups. c. proposed a "unified theory" of intelligence. d. developed modern methods of intelligence testing.

Psychology

Studies of group differences in performance on IQ tests indicate that African American children typically scored ________ lower than Caucasian children, but that difference has diminished significantly in the last thirty years

a. 30 points c. 7 points b. 15 points d. 5 points

Psychology

Research by sociologist Linda Teplin revealed that, for comparable nontraffic encounters, police were more likely to

A. arrest an adult, but give a warning to an adolescent. B. arrest someone who was disrespectful. C. arrest someone who appeared to be legally intoxicated. D. arrest someone who appeared to be mentally ill.

Psychology

Younger adults tend to report more sleep-related problems than older adults.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology