Nicola is 18 years old and engages in many risky behaviors. For example, she drives very fast and recklessly, and does not use any protection when having sex. If Nicola is a typical adolescent, these behaviors will ____ when she gets older
a. significantly increase in frequency
b. slightly increase in frequency
c. remain at the same frequency level
d. decrease in frequency
d
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Eric is a biologically normal 5-year-old boy. However, he is not developing the language skills normal for his age. This type of intellectual disability is referred to as
a. cultural-familial. b. cultural-isolational. c. chromosomal. d. socioemotional.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Mishkin et al. (1983) trained rhesus monkeys to do two different tasks. One task was called a landmark task, which required the monkeys to remember the location of an event, and the other task was called an object task, which required the monkeys to learn a particular object. What did they discover?
A. Rhesus monkeys were excellent at the landmark task, but poor at the object task. B. Lesioning of the inferotemporal cortex resulted in impaired performance on the landmark task. C. Lesioning of the frontal eye fields resulted in a decline in all performance. D. Lesioning of the inferotemporal cortex resulted in impaired performance on the object task.
Individuals with mild mental retardation can learn a. no academic subjects
b. academic subjects up to about the 2nd grade level. c. academic subjects up to about the 6th grade level. d. academic subjects up through the high school level, but need additional time and support in order to do so.