Bleeding between the membranes covering the brain (that is, under the dura mater) following a closed head injury is known as
a. thrombosis
b. subdural hematoma.
c. coup.
d. countercoup.
b
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Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a combination of problems that can occur in a child whose mother drank alcohol while pregnant. Symptoms of FAS include all of the following EXCEPT a. cognitive deficits and behavior problems. b. distorted facial features
c. learning difficulties d. excessive fetal growth.
Learning based on the consequences of making a response is called
a. operant conditioning. b. classical conditioning. c. systematic desensitization. d. reciprocal inhibition.
Elizabeth's grandmother recently underwent a hip replacement operation. Because she took this course, Elizabeth is able to tell her grandmother that she
A. will need to be very careful, because the removal of her joint receptors means that she will not know the position of her hip without looking. B. will have to relearn how to walk, as the operation removes joint receptors responsible for managing muscle stretch. C. will still know the position of her hip without looking, even though her operation will remove all of her joint receptors. D. should prepare to deal with phantom pain from the joint receptors that have been removed.
Freddie is trying to learn the names of the first five presidents of the United States. To help him, his mother makes up a story using the five names in it, and then teaches the story to Freddie. Freddie's mother is using the mnemonic device of
A. reiteration. B. elaboration. C. confabulation. D. organization.