For an assignment in a Spanish class, your friend is required to read a Spanish-language newspaper. He finds a paper in the library, but is confused when he comes across the words ataque de nervios, so he asks you what the term means
What will you tell him?
a) It is a belief that words have special meaning to a person.
b) It is a group of symptoms such as crying, shouting, and seizure-like episodes.
c) It is a belief that one can hear voices of deceased relatives speaking at the moment.
d) It is a syndrome consisting of pain over the entire body that does not respond to drugs.
B
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Hypnotists insist that you would never to do anything under hypnosis that you would refuse to do ordinarily. What makes this claim difficult to test? a. Even nonhypnotized people will follow orders to do dangerous acts
b. Although hypnotists have frequently tested this claim, they did not publish their results. c. All of the attempts to test this claim were conducted on hypnotized mental patients. d. All of the attempts to test this claim were conducted on people who were only lightly hypnotized.
Brain imaging studies with dyslexia have revealed __________.
A. different patterns of brain activation during the reading task, but no structural differences in the brains of children with and without dyslexia B. structural differences in the brains of children with and without dyslexia, but no difference in patterns of brain activation C. that even with intensive remediation, brain activity during reading does not begin to normalize in children with dyslexia D. different patterns of brain activation during the reading task, as well as structural differences in the brains of children with and without dyslexia
The peripheral nervous system connects the central nervous system to the:
A) spinal cord. B) pituitary gland. C) body's organs and muscles. D) prefrontal cortex.
If you work in a noisy environment or enjoy loud music, motorcycling, snowmobiling, hunting, or similar pursuits, you may be at risk for developing which type of hearing loss?
a. tympanic b. compression c. sensorineural d. conductive