What is kwashiorkor and how is it caused?
What will be an ideal response?
This is a protein deficiency that usually surfaces in the toddler years. It can lead to symptoms such as lethargy, irritability, and thinning hair. Many children will get a swollen belly because their belly swells with water. It is caused by a diet that is high in starches but not enough protein.
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Which of the following statements exemplifies the beliefs of French physician Philippe Pinel?
A. Mental illness was due to possession by demons, and exorcism was the only useful treatment. B. Mentally ill patients needed to choose rationality over insanity, so treatment was aimed at making their lives as patients uncomfortable. C. Mental patients were ill and needed to be treated as such-with kindness and caring. D. Mental illness was purely a physiological phenomenon and could only be treated by physical means such as bloodletting.
Which of the following is not a rationale for the skeptical attitudes many people have toward research in abnormal child psychology?
a. divergent opinions b. simplified findings c. harmful experiments d. debatable findings
Peak levels of caffeine after taking a dose occur in __________
a. 1 - 2 minutes b. 5 - 10 minutes c. 15 - 45 minutes d. 1 - 2 hours
Odorant is to ORN as:
A) computer is to password. B) olfactory nerve is to glomerulus. C) key is to lock. D) smell is to memory.