Four-year-old Marta has suffered brain damage in the area responsible for speech production. Due to her age, Marta
a. is not likely to regain the ability to talk, due to the fragile nature of her young brain.
b. will have difficulty understanding speech, despite her ability to talk.
c. will have auditory impairment as well as speech impairment because both functions involve the same neuronal pathways.
d. should be able to recover her speech ability because neurons in other areas of the cortex are likely to take over speech functions.
D
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a. is more positive about women than about men. b. is more positive about Black women than about White women. c. people use automatically but are not aware they have. d. focuses on people's pleasantness, rather than their ability.
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reminds him of cherry donuts, which he eats only during hot weather. The type of processing that Homer is using is ____ rehearsal.? a. ?levels-of-processing b. ?elaborative c. ?maintenance d. ?transfer-appropriate
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a. unicorns b. friendly ghosts c. tooth fairies d. superheroes
A researcher discovers a strong positive correlation between ice cream sales and the incidence of violent crimes. Based on this, we can conclude that
a. we should recommend cutbacks in the sales of ice cream because it unexpectedly seems to increase aggression. b. if we manage to control crime rates, ice cream sales will probably decrease. c. somehow eating ice cream is causing people to become violent. d. on a day when ice cream sales are high, there are likely to be more violent crimes.