Explain how children can become exposed to lead, and how lead poisoning can harm children.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Despite legal restrictions on the amount of allowable lead in paint and gasoline, lead is still found on painted walls and window frames in older homes, and in ceramics, lead-soldered pipes, and automobile and truck exhaust.
- Exposure to lead has been linked to lower intelligence, problems in verbal and auditory processing, and hyperactivity.
- High lead levels have also been linked to higher levels of antisocial behavior, including aggression and delinquency.
- At even higher levels, lead poisoning results in illness and death.
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Identify the specialized receptor types associated with touch and explain how they are related to our perception of pain. Give an example of each pain stimulus identified.
What will be an ideal response?
Who is undergoing psychodynamic identification?
a. Randy, who is experiencing a midlife crisis b. Ellen, who is starting her first job c. Simon, who is taking on the behaviors of his father d. Kara, who is attacking her mother (whom she has hated all of her life)
___________ policies focus on decreasing the negative consequences of drug use for the individual and the community
a. Sociocultural prevention b. Distribution of consumption c. Proscriptive prevention d. Harm reduction
A neuron that responds to the presence or absence of a line or angle in a particular location is known as a ______________ detector.?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word