Sophie is playing volleyball. As she is about to spike the ball over the net, another player on her team accidentally collides with her, and Sophie hits her head against one of the metal poles that holds up the net. Sophie loses consciousness for a few seconds and, in a daze, she walked to the bench to sit down. Although she had a headache for a couple of weeks, she suffers no other effects from
the blow. Sophie has experienced what type of brain injury?
a. a contusion
b. a concussion
c. a laceration
d. a cerebrovascular accident
b
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a. introverted and unstable. c. introverted and self-assured. b. extraverted and unstable. d. extraverted and dominant.
In 1972, psychologist Janis introduced this term which describes the tendency for people in groups to minimize conflict by thinking alike and publicly agreeing with each other.
A. wisdom of crowds B. spiral of silence C. groupthink D. pluralistic ignorance
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a. the interaction between genes and environment. b. a disorder caused by a dominant allele. c. a chromosomal abnormality caused by an extra chromosome. d. a disorder whose effects cannot be changed by the environment.
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What will be an ideal response?