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You enter a room and see an average-looking child wildly flapping his arms repetitively for no apparent reason. You then notice that this child becomes extremely agitated when an adult pulls a shade on a window down just a few inches. As a knowledgeable psychology student, you would rightly surmise that this child
 
  a. has Down syndrome.
  b. is autistic.
  c. has muscular dystrophy.
  d. is suffering from rubella.

Question 2

Researchers have shown that individuals who are better able to learn new words show more connectivity between their left and right
 
  a. supramarginal gyrus.
  b. pons.
  c. adrenal medulla.
  d. reticular formation.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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