Two-time Super Bowl winner, Dave Duerson died of a self-
inflicted gunshot wound to the stomach in February 2011. He shot himself in the stomach because he wanted to leave his brain to science. He blamed his post-football troubles, including memory loss, troubles spelling words, depression, and moodiness, on the repeated concussions he suffered while on the playing field. An autopsy of his brain did reveal the same signs of chronic traumatic brain injury that have been found in dozens of other retired NFL players, as well as in athletes from many other violent sports, such as hockey and boxing. The boxers' name for this condition is
a. knockout.
b. punch-drunk.
c. counterpunch.
d. the bum's rush.
ANSWER: b
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a. unsuccessful without psychoanalysis b. successful c. a temporary fad d. largely unsuccessful
Whenever Matt is told to run laps during basketball practice, he complains to the coach that he is too tired in order to get out of running. The coach starts making him run the laps anyway, and eventually Matt stops complaining about being too tired when he is told to run. This is an example of:
a. extinction of a negatively reinforced behavior b. spontaneous recovery c. extinction of a positively reinforced behavior d. punishment
__________is an environmental hassle
A) Job security B) Illness C) Isolation D) Crime E) Select
The purpose of a(n) __________ is to review research studies and help researchers consider the areas of potential harm in their proposed studies
a. ethics review committee c. global communications b. grant-writing techniques d. electronic methods