Describe different cultural conceptions of death.
What will be an ideal response?
- Reaction to death is diverse.
- Christian and Jewish youth view death from a "scientific" point of view, whereas Sunni Muslim and Druze children view death in spiritual terms.
- Native Americans see death as a continuation of life. Lakota parents believe that when people die they move to the spirit land called Wanagi Makoce inhabited by people and animals.
- Children of Northern Ireland and Israel understand the finality of death at an earlier age than U.S. and British children.
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Discuss the similarities and differences between current views on the nature and assessment of intelligence and creativity
What will be an ideal response?
Sleep-walking is related to
a. immaturity of the nervous system. b. trouble controlling impulses. c. general misbehavior. d. sex, as girls sleep-walk significantly more than boys.
Talking on a cell phone while driving increases your risk of an accident about four fold.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Normally, activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is regulated by a feedback loop that reduces the release of cortisol. What is the order of signaling by which this reduction takes place?
a. ?hypothalamus to pituitary gland to adrenal glands b. ?hypothalamus to hippocampus to adrenal glands c. ?hippocampus to pituitary gland to adrenal glands d. ?hippocampus to hypothalamus to adrenal glands