Susan's cortical functioning has ceased, but her brain stem is still active. Susan would be best described as
a. in a persistent vegetative state.
b. whole-brain dead
c. clinically dead.
d. consciously aware.
a
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Paola, an adolescent, has recently gotten her driver's license. When Paola drives, she almost always has friends in the car with her. Applying the results of the study by Gardner and Steinberg (2005), what will Paola likely do when faced with decisions about whether to stop or go through yellow lights and risk being hit by other cars?
A. She will take fewer risks than she would if she were alone in the car. B. She will take the same number of risks regardless of whether she is driving alone or with friends in the car. C. She will take twice as many risks when her friends are in the car compared to when she drives alone. D. Having friends in the car will slightly increase the number of risks she will take.
According to ______, subjective well-being is ‘an umbrella term for different valuations that people make regarding their lives, the events happening to them, their bodies and minds, and the circumstances in which they live’.
A. Aristotle B. Diener C. Doyal D. Maslow
A person may fall to the ground during a. a grand mal seizure, but not during a petit mal seizure
b. a petit mal seizure, but not during a grand mal seizure. c. in all generalized seizures, but not during partial seizures. d. during complex partial seizures, but not during simple partial seizures.
One reason for the discouraging research results about the effectiveness of middle schools may be that the middle school philosophy may not have been fully implemented in many schools
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.