Emily is unable to move or respond in any way to the external world, and relies on machines to stay alive. What disorder of consciousness best describes her condition?
A. Emily is in a minimally conscious state.
B. Emily is in a coma.
C. Emily is in a persistent vegetative state.
D. Emily is in an ephemeral vegetative state.
Answer: B
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a. social loafing. b. a social dilemma. c. groupthink. d. social facilitation.
In behaviorism, subjects were both "observer" and "observed."?
a. True b. False
Which of the following is NOT one of the rules of brainstorming?
a. Ideas are expressed without being evaluated. b. Individuals must agree on at least some ideas. c. The elaboration of one’s ideas by another is encouraged (piggybacking). d. Quantity of ideas is critical.
Planning can be facilitated by
a. providing children with information about the end-state of a problem. b. having children draw maps of the potential solutions. c. an understanding of transitive inference. d. none of these.