Damage to the occipital lobes may result in difficulty with ________
a. language comprehension.
b. speech production.
c. feeling pain and pressure.
d. sight.
Answer: d
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a. mood disorders b. schizophrenia spectrum disorders c. personality affective disorders d. schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders
With electrical stimulation during brain surgery, Penfield reported that patients ______.
A. felt as if they were floating above their bodies when the somatosensory area was stimulated B. heard music or familiar voices when the temporal lobe was stimulated C. saw auras around the heads of the surgeons and nurses when the occipital lobe was stimulated D. required full general anesthesia to control the pain
A student in Japan and a student in the United States are both told they finished the semester ranked number one. What emotional reactions are the two likely to experience?
a) The American student will experience a less intense emotion than the Japanese student. b) The cultural values in Japan will lead the Japanese student to feel actual shame rather than a positive emotion. c) The high value placed on groups will lead the Japanese student to react less strongly than the American student. d) Both students will experience awe at hearing the news, but it will dissipate faster in the student from the United States.
Carlos died by intentionally stepping in front of a bullet that was intended for another young man, for whom Carlos, as head of a platoon of soldiers in the Persian Gulf War, was responsible. Emile Durkheim would call this an example of:
A) anomic suicide. B) egoistic suicide. C) imitative suicide. D) altruistic suicide.