Define and describe sleep apnea
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A good answer will include the following key points::
• Sleep apnea is a disorder in which breathing periodically stops for a few moments during sleep.
• The person then briefly awakens, without awareness, and chokes and gasps before falling asleep again.
• This can occur hundreds of times a night.
• This will result in daytime sleepiness.
• Over time, high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat can develop; it may gradually erode a person's
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Compare the acquisition procedures in classical and operant conditioning. What is the essential difference between the two types of conditioning?
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The mental processes underlying children's capacity for self-regulation are called ____
a. executive functions b. metacognition c. self-perceptions d. thought tracking
If you were observing workers performing a task and recording the results, you be completing a
a. structured observation. b. structured record review. c. personal interview. d. individually-administered survey.
Which of the following statements is true regarding research into attachment and marriage?
A) Parental attachment is unrelated to marital success. B) About 2/3 of engaged couples described attachment relationships with their parent(s) to be similar to the attachment relationship with the prospective spouse. C) Partners who were securely attached to a parent fail to be able to let go of their family of origin attachments in favor of the new marital relationship. D) Young married couples argue more about in-laws than they argue about money.