One of the most characteristic patterns for autistic children is that they are generally

A. uninterested in people
B. very intelligent
C. extremely talkative
D. hyperactive


A. uninterested in people

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a) found where neurons meet skeletal muscles. b) less powerful than enkaphalins. c) pain-controlling chemicals. d) radically different in function from neurotransmitters.

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The chapter titles in this book are meant to create a knowledge framework that will

help you organize the information in the text in a meaningful way. That is, the chapter titles are meant (a) to provide schemas (b) be facilitators of automatisms (c) be analogous to discriminative stimuli in conditioning (d) to serve as storage cues

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Traditional puberty rituals, such as tattooing, are undergoing a revival in some cultures. This best reflects an

a. example of ethnographers' influence on the cultures they study. b. example of Western youth copying traditional culture. c. attempt to assimilate into the global culture. d. attempt to keep traditional cultures from disappearing due to globalization.

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According to the article Sound familiar about the ability of newborns to remember speech sounds, when an infant is exposed to stimulus over and over to the point where it stops responding it has undergone:

(a) stimulus deprivation (b) habituation (c) motor degradation (d) punishment

Psychology