A study of Brazilian children who were experienced at selling products at street stands found that the children were good at solving word problems that had a "selling" context
However, the children performed much worse on word problems that required the same computations but
A) did not have the sales context.
B) required a calculator to be solved.
C) were not presented in their native language.
D) could only be solved cooperatively.
A) did not have the sales context
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A. smaller than normal ventricles B. over-activation of the prefrontal cortex C. excessive neuron wiring D. decreased prefrontal lobe activity
You are a neuropsychologist studying depression. You are looking at the computerized brain photos of depressed individuals. You conclude that a particular part of the brain of depressed people is overactive. What is this brain part?
A. hypothalamus B. anterior cingulate cortex C. amygdala D. cerebellum
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A psychologist notes that a female client is wearing a heavy wool sweater and cap on a hot summer day. The client walks with a limp and mumbles to herself. The psychologist should ____
a. interpret these objective signs without regard to the individual's culture b. conduct testing or interviewing and disregard the information about the client's appearance c. assess the diagnostic significance of these observations with interview and other information d. disregard these observations in order to make an unbiased assessment