Explain how children can become exposed to lead, and how lead poisoning can harm children.
What will be an ideal response?
- Despite legal restrictions on the amount of allowable lead in paint and gasoline, lead is still found on painted walls and window frames in older homes, and in ceramics, lead-soldered pipes, and automobile and truck exhaust.
- Exposure to lead has been linked to lower intelligence, problems in verbal and auditory processing, and hyperactivity.
- High lead levels have also been linked to higher levels of antisocial behavior, including aggression and delinquency.
- At even higher levels, lead poisoning results in illness and death.
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A. concrete operational B. decentering C. abstract operational D. preoperational
The memory system that has an almost unlimited storage capacity is
a. time-based memory. b. long-term memory. c. working memory. d. auditory sensory memory.
Joanna, a budding undergraduate researcher, is interested in studying whether people see bright lights after they die. Why is this a poor research idea?
a. Everyone already knows that people see bright lights after they die.
b. It is too big of an idea for an undergraduate to tackle.
c. This project is not testable.
d. None of the above.
For Jung, self-actualization was _____.
a. the harmonious blending of all aspects of the personality b. achieving a high sense of self-worth c. having a career one could be passionate about d. when an artist experiences creative flow