You are watching the film Rain Man and, based on your course work in abnormal psychology, you recognize that an appropriate diagnostic category for the character Raymond, portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, is
a. Rett's disorder.
b. fetal alcohol syndrome.
c. neurosis.
d. autism spectrum disorders.
Answer: d.
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The brain region believed to be associated with "hunches," "intuition," and the emotional component of thinking is located in the
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