People with severe, uncontrollable epilepsy, who have frequent grand mal seizures, have been helped by an operation that _____
a) severs the communication between hemispheres.
b) removes excitatory neurons.
c) severs the substantia nigra and basal ganglia.
d) removes most of the right hemisphere.
Answer: a
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Paul always seems to listen very carefully to others. He seems to always find something to criticize about the other person's viewpoints and arguments. Paul is engaging in the barrier to effective communication called
a. defensiveness. c. ambushing. b. pseudolistening. d. self-preoccupation.
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A) narcissism. B) extraversion. C) projection. D) implicit egotism.