Your great uncle recently had a stroke, and there have been some subtle differences in his behavior. For example, you were playing checkers, and he was doing fine. But when your checker was "kinged" and could therefore move according to a different set of rules, he didn't seem to be able to adjust. When you asked him if he realized what the rules said, he did, but he continued to play as if he
didn't. Considering what you learned about brain areas and memory, what part of his brain would you suspect has damage?
a. the hippocampus
b. the diencephalon
c. the prefrontal cortex
d. the parietal lobe
c
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What will be an ideal response?
Sarah has just come to understand that seeing a dog will make her best friend thrilled (she loves dogs) but her other friend afraid. Given that Sarah has just developed the ability to understand that the same thing will make different people experience different emotions, how old would you hypothesize Sarah is?
a. Four b. Six c. Eight d. 12
If a behavior such as stealing a neighbor's possessions is considered normal in one culture and abnormal in another, the normality or abnormality of the behavior is probably being judged according to:
a. statistical frequency c. maladaptive behavior b. social norms d. destructiveness
There is no fundamental distinction between a gift and a gratuity.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)