Miriam has been suffering from numbness, weakness, and
partial paralysis. Miriam's doctor told her that her
immune system has attacked and destroyed the myelin in her body, causing her to have
a. rheumatoid arthritis.
b. multiple sclerosis.
c. Huntington's disease.
d. muscular dysthrophy.
ANSWER: b
You might also like to view...
What type of conflict is this girl facing?
(Credit: Odua Images/Shutterstock)
A. Approach-avoidance B. Avoidance-avoidance C. Incompatible demands D. Approach-approach
Someone who is ashamed of his own interest in pornography accuses other people of liking pornography. This is a possible example of which defense mechanism?
a. Sublimation b. Reaction formation c. Displacement d. Projection
After a close play at the plate during a baseball game, one fan believes that the runner was safe while another fan sitting next to him believes the runner was out. Social psychologists would say that the two fans differ in
a. their knowledge of baseball. b. the way they construct social reality. c. their personalities. d. their use of logic and reason.
The cephalocaudal pattern is the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the
A. spinal cord and then expands out to the limbs and head. B. bottom-the feet-with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way up to the head. C. top-the head-with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way down from top to bottom. D. center of the body and then moves toward the extremities.