An auto accident rendered Chris's nervous system unable to send messages for him to breathe, so he is on a respirator. Which brain structure was most likely damaged in the accident?
a) pons
b) medulla
c) cerebellum
d) reticular formation
ANS: B, The medulla is responsible for life-sustaining functions, including respiration, circulation, and digestion.
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As your textbook points out, people with intellectual disabilities have been labeled with many names throughout history, including moron, imbecile, idiot, and mentally retarded. What is the important lesson from this fact?
a. People have a real lack of sensitivity that underlies the initial use of these terms. b. We have not come very far in the diagnosis of cognitive deficits. c. Labels that start out in a neutral way and are meant simply to describe something can pick up a negative and hurtful stigma. d. Psychopathology should be assessed in terms of severity of problems rather than just determining whether a person does or does not have an issue.
The ability to produce solutions to problems that are unusual, inventive, novel, and appropriate is called __________
a) creativity. b) insight. c) heuristics. d) latent learning.