Ryan is 4 years old. He does not like to make eye contact, does not engage in reciprocal games with his parents or other children, and does not express awareness of others’ points of view. His deficits, which have been diagnosed as autism spectrum disorder, may be due to ____.?
a. ?a lack of auditory filtering
b. ?slow development of language skills
c. ?visual and auditory sensitivity
d. ?a failure to develop a normal theory of mind
ANSWER:
d
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a. challenge some people have in identifying their emotions b. observation that there are many similarities in emotions across cultures c. similarity in physiological arousal across different emotions d. ability of medications to blunt the physiological response and the emotional experience
When the assumptions behind parametric tests are not met,
a. they are not useful tests. b. they cannot even be computed. c. distribution-free tests may have more power. d. none of the above
The recognition that two different stimuli call for two different responses is known as ____
a. ?delectability b. ?differentiation c. ?desensitization d. ?discrimination
The part of the neuron that transmits information from one neuron to other neurons and cells is the:
a. axon b. dendrites c. soma d. myelin sheath