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Barry is taking an exam and is trying to decide whether or n…

Barry is taking an exam and is trying to decide whether or not to cheat. His _____ wants him to cheat because it will get him an easy A on the test, which will feel good, but his _____ wants him to not cheat because it will be the wrong thing to do. His _____ must negotiate between the two and make the final decision.

31. Essay Question: Clive Wearing’s Memory Problems Backgrou…

31. Essay Question: Clive Wearing’s Memory Problems Background: Clive Wearing, a former musician and conductor, suffers from one of the most severe cases of amnesia ever recorded. After contracting a brain infection (herpes encephalitis) in 1985, Wearing experienced significant damage to his hippocampus and surrounding areas, resulting in profound anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesiaDescribe the types of memory issues he may experience due to his brain damage. Explain the specific problems he might face and any skills or abilities he may retain.Provide insights on how this type of brain damage could impact his life.

You are a prisoner in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One…

You are a prisoner in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the doors will guide you to freedom and behind the other is a hangman–you don’t know which is which, but the guards do know. One of the guards always tells the truth and the other always lies. You don’t know which one is the truth-teller or the liar either. However both guards know each other. You have to choose and open one of these doors, but you can only ask a single question to one of the guards. What do you ask to find the door leading to freedom?

Valerie is making a corral with 700 feet of fencing.  She is…

Valerie is making a corral with 700 feet of fencing.  She is making a rectangular corral and then using two lines of fencing to divide it into three equally sized rectangular pens. (See image).  What dimensions should the corral have in order to maximize the total area of the Corrals?