In simplistic terms, if an individual had a stroke and is experiencing aphasia (the inability to use or understand language), which area of the brain would you suspect to be damaged?
a. right side
b. left side
c. top
d. bottom
B. Wernicke's area in the left temporal lobe is specialized for language comprehension.
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Although the primary visual cortex is in the ____ lobe, the ____ lobe helps process information about movement and the recognition of faces.
A. parietal; occipital B. occipital; parietal C. occipital; temporal D. temporal; parietal
Tyrone is a college student who's trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. He was interested in history, so he majored in history for his freshman year. As a sophomore, he was more interested in economics, and changed his major. After he saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, he got a summer job working on an archaeological project, and now he is thinking of changing
his major again and becoming an archaeologist. James Marcia might say that Tyrone is in which identity status? A) Identity achievement B) Identity foreclosure C) Identity diffusion D) Moratorium
Teresa is just beginning puberty. Which of the following was MOST LIKELY her first sign of this?
A. She began growing breast buds. B. She needed to start wearing a bra. C. She experienced menarche. D. She noticed increased muscle strength.
The square root of the population variance is the population _____
a. range b. standard deviation c. median d. mode