Murnane and Levy (1997) found that what percentage of 17-year-olds cannot read or do math at the level needed to perform the types of new jobs that are being created today?
a. 50%
b. 35%
c. 20 %
d. 5%
A
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Which area of the brain regulates emotions and impulses and includes the hippocampus and the amygdala?
a. Pons b. Thalamus c. Basal ganglia d. Limbic system
As part of a class assignment to "find out how it feels to be crazy for a day," students performed some "strange" behaviors in public, such as talking to imaginary people, covering their heads with aluminum foil, or walking around a mall with an open umbrella. The students would most likely to be viewed as abnormal based on
a. cultural relativity. b. social nonconformity. c. depersonalization. d. neurotic behavior.
Which statement best describes the role of acceptance or nonjudgmental awareness of experience in promoting positive mental states like compassion?
a. Acceptance counteracts the tendency to blame self or others b. Acceptance promotes denial which is sometimes useful in coping c. Acceptance lowers stress and reduces the tendency to blame self or other d. Acceptance provides a different perspective or vantage point which can be useful in understanding and making choices
Release of epinephrine is to the __________ as release of glucocorticoids is to the __________.
A. frontal cortex; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis B. sympathetic adrenal-medullary system; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis C. sympathetic adrenal-medullary system; frontal lobe D. hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; adrenal-medullary system