A person reports to the emergency room with a complaint that he or she can understand and produce speech, but are unable to write thoughts down or read aloud. What area of the brain may be injured?
a. Broca's area
b. Wernicke's area
c. angular gyrus
d. planum temporale
C
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La'nae really wants to quit smoking tobacco. Which of the following would be good advice, according to research?
a) Get hypnosis for stopping smoking. b) Try over-the-counter nicotine patches. c) Use small doses of speed just until she is out of withdrawal. d) Medicate the withdrawal with alcohol.
Ethical formalism would reject a policy of allowing gratuities if they:
A. are expressly against the law. B. occur frequently. C. are offered for the purpose of receiving a later favor. D. are not offered to all officers.
________ are tiny gaps, or junctions, between neurons' fibers.
A. Dendrites B. Neurotransmitters C. Synapses D. Myelin sheaths
Many popular beliefs are accurate. What does this mean?
A. Popular beliefs may be based on already existing facts or scientific research. B. Popular beliefs are opinions strongly held in belief by perceivers. C. Popular beliefs are contained in most theories of personality. D. Popular beliefs are never contradictory.