David is watching a soccer match on television. As a player races down the field and kicks a goal, neurons in the motor cortex of David's brain become active, even though he is sitting still. These neurons are known as which of the following?

You have been hired as an educational consultant to the president of the United States. What policy would you recommend to the federal government concerning preschool education? What children should be targeted?

How much government involvement should there be? Who will bear the cost of these programs? Be sure to take into consideration the research presented in this chapter and the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial needs of preschool children. What will be an ideal response?

The state we are in when we are mentally aware and our nervous system is aroused is called ______

a) altered state of consciousness b) waking consciousness c) self-awareness d) intelligence