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Answer BOTH of the questions below.
1a: Describe the symptoms of 2 sleep disorders discussed in our course textbook, their possible causes and treatments.
1b: Identify the physical and psychological characteristics of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. What makes these disorders difficult for patients to recover from and challenging for clinicians to treat?
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2a. Recall LeVay's study of brain anatomy in heterosexual and homosexual men discussed in our course textbook. Some critics of the study have suggested that one or more of the men classified as "heterosexual" might actually have been homosexual or bisexual. If such were the case, would that fact strengthen or weaken the study's overall conclusions? Why?
2b. What changes in ability to empathize with others would you expect to see in someone with damage to the amygdala? Answer this question by first describing what empathy is and what is required to be able to empathize with others and what the normally functioning amygdala's function is, and then discussing what characteristics a person with a damaged amygdala would have.
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3a: Describe the role of the human amygdala in emotions and the role of serotonin synapses in aggressive behavior.
3b: ADHD is diagnosed far more frequently in the U.S. today than in the past, and far more often in the U.S. than in Europe. Suggest at least two possibilities for why this is the case and indicate whether it is testable and what methods researchers would use to test each of the hypotheses you proposed in answering this question.
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4a: What is meant by the "neurodevelopmental hypothesis" and the "dopamine hypothesis" of schizophrenia? Describe evidence for and against the latter hypothesis.
4b: Research on sensitization of the nucleus accumbens has dealt with addictive drugs, primarily cocaine. Would you expect a gambling addition to have similar effects? Why or why not? How could a researcher test the possibility that it would?
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Best strategy for accumulating
: Is there convincing evidence that more than 20% of adult Americans believe that playing the lottery is the best strategy for accumulating $200,000 in net wealth? Use α = 0.05. (Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to fo..
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Determine the normal and shear stresses
: The grains of wood in the board make an angle of 20° with the horizontal as shown. Using Mohr's circle, determine the normal and shear stresses that act perpendicular and parallel to the grains if the board is subjected to an axial load of 250 N.
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Examine the various techniques that are used
: Examine the various techniques that are used and select two that you would recommend being used in your organization and two that you would not recommend. Provide a rationale for your response.
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Proportion of grocery store customers
: Let p denote the proportion of grocery store customers who use the store's club card. For a large-sample zt est of H0:p= .5versusHa:p> .5, find the P-value associated with each of the given values of the test statistic. (Enter your answers to four..
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Describe the role of the human amygdala in emotions
: Research on sensitization of the nucleus accumbens has dealt with addictive drugs, primarily cocaine. Would you expect a gambling addition to have similar effects? Why or why not? How could a researcher test the possibility that it would?
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Confidence interval for the mean airborne time
: Compute a98%confidence interval for the mean airborne time for flight 448. (Use Table 3 inAppendix A. Give the answer to two decimal places.)
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Develop in accordance with the sdlc
: Develop in accordance with the SDLC. Describe the integrative functions and activities within the information systems area, including the role of the CIO and technologies managed within the organization.
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Discussion about change strategies and performance measures
: Build on your previous discussion answer about change strategies and performance measures, and analyze issues and / or needs associated with strengthening the competency-base of employees in meeting the needs of globalization
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Does your language shape how you think
: What our Language Habits Reveal and Keith Chen: Could your Language Affect your Ability to Save Money? on the links between language and cognition. Read the article, "Does Your Language Shape How You Think? The New York Times," to further your un..
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