How do we define dyslexia? What are its possible causes?
What will be an ideal response?
Dyslexia is a reading disorder characterized by letter reversals, slow reading, and
reduced comprehension. It is estimated that 5 to 17.5% of American children have
dyslexia. In childhood, the focus is on remediation, such as learning how to identity
word pairs that rhyme. In later life, the focus is on accommodation, such as giving
students extra time to do the reading necessary to complete exams. Dyslexia has been
found to have a basis in heredity.Also, neurological problems have been implicated,
such as poor circulation in the left hemisphere of the brain and problems of the angular
gyrus in translating visual information into auditory information. It appears that dyslexic
children have problems in both phonological processing and naming speed.
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a. reckless or self-destructive behavior b. somatic behavior c. factitious behavior d. re-experiencing behavior
Newsom (1999) proposes a model of how certain aspects of care can produce negative perceptions of care directly or by affecting the interactions between caregiver and care recipient. In this model, which of the following is a care recipient variable?
a. quality of help b. burden c. life events d. need for independence
Horney used _____ to assess the functioning of the human personality
a. hypnosis c. projective tests and self-report inventories b. neurological evaluation d. free association and dream analysis
Being asked to think about one's mortality tends to
a. decrease ingroup bias. b. increase ingroup bias. c. have no impact on ingroup bias. d. promote intergroup harmony.