Summarize the functions of the brain's two hemispheres and explain their relationship
What will be an ideal response?
The cerebrum is divided into the right and left hemispheres connected by the corpus callosum. Evidence suggests that the left cerebral hemisphere usually processes language and verbal information and that the right hemisphere specializes in visual-spatial functions and perception of emotion.
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Adam has just consumed a substance that provides him with increased alertness and energy, along with reduced fatigue. However, it also makes him more talkative, increases his blood pressure, reduces his appetite, and makes him restless. Adam has likely ingested
a. THC. b. an amphetamine. c. LSD. d. a sedative.
Which of the following statements about children who run away from home is true?
a) Many adolescents who run away report being robbed, physically assaulted, sexually assaulted, and malnourished. b) Adolescents who run away from home tend not to be vulnerable to exploitation. c) Depression and suicidal behavior are not common among runaway adolescents. d) Many rural areas have shelters for adolescent runaways.
By the 1960s, after Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, schools were called on to
A. become more academically demanding. B. implement desegregation programs. C. provide opportunities for work-study programs. D. offer more courses in math and science.
Funder and Ozer (1983) examined the results of three classic social psychological studies. They converted the results to effect sizes and found that the effects were equivalent to correlations in the range of ________ (in absolute value).
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).