One effect of Ritalin as a treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is that it __________.

Which of the following behaviors is considered abnormal and may require treatment?

a) Sarah, a 4-year old, insists on using a night light to keep the monsters away. b) Joshua, a 12-year old, insists that his parents leave both the closet light and the hallway light on at night to keep aliens away. c) Maleah, a 7-year old, likes to put her toy baby to bed in a shoebox next to her bed every night. d) Miguel, a 3-year old, continues to have bedwetting incidents at least once a week.

Jess was driving to work one day and heard his cell phone ring

He fumbled through his backpack to find his phone and then proceeded to answer it. As he took the call, he heard and felt his car hit the car in front of him. Because he wasn't directly focusing on the road while he took the call, Jess experienced what psychologists refer to as _____. Fill in the blank with correct word