In epileptic patients who do not experience convulsions, the diagnosis of epilepsy rests heavily on
A) postmortem evidence.
B) the analysis of blood samples.
C) electroencephalographic evidence.
D) angiograms.
E) CT scans.
Answer: C
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a. self-assertion. b. dialectical autonomy. c. self-disclosure. d. introspection.
The fact that intelligence "runs in families" does NOT necessarily prove a genetic component to intelligence because:
A) research rarely conducts genotypes on the actual family members studied. B) family members share a similar environment. C) family members are not as genetically similar as believed in earlier times. D) few studies have conducted intelligence research on identical twins.
Which off the following statements contributes to IQ test bias against ethnic minorities?
A) Negative stereotypes about the test-taker's ethnic group can undermine children's IQ performance. B) Ethnic minority children often grow up in "object-oriented" rather than "people-oriented" homes. C) Ethnic minority parents do not promote complex verbal skills, such as storytelling. D) Ethnic minority children are less concerned with pleasing their teachers than white children.
Jeffrey is a returning student who is 40 years old. He sees a crime happen at the student center. Based on the own-race bias, Jeffrey will be most accurate in recognizing the culprit if the suspect is
a. white. b. African-American. c. female. d. middle-aged.