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Fran's boyfriend Mark has been brought to the hospital in a delirious state. Mark, age 18, is a first-year college student and has no known psychiatric or medical problems.
 
  He seemed fine before going out with his fraternity brothers and he has not been involved in any accident. What might the doctors evaluating Mark initially consider as a possible cause of his delirium?
   a. psychoactive drugs
   b. an underlying serious medical condition
   c. liver disease
   d. a seizure disorder

Question 2

Which of the following is true of behavioral approaches to treating children with autism?
 
  a. They suggest that autism is caused by faulty learning.
   b. They suggest that isolation and B vitamin therapy may be helpful in the treatment of autistic
   behavior.
  c. They sometimes involve the use of ignoring the autistic child as a method to eliminate self-injurious behaviors.
   d. They use positive reinforcement to teach and maintain new behaviors.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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