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Refer to the following paragraph for the next 5 questions. For this question, focus on (20). Following a Dream Elodie Maartens (15) ______________________ to be a doctor since she was a little girl. Now she is 27, and she (16) ______________________________ medicine for three and a half years. She has just six months left. In her first year of medical school, Elodie (17) ____________________ sure if she would succeed because the classes were so difficult. She almost (18) __________________ . However, throughout her life, Elodie never (19) ____________________ a quitter. Medical school (20) ________________ hard work, but she is almost done! In six months, her academic studies will end, and she will start work as a resident in a hospital.

Two individuals, DF, and RV, were tested in a mail-slot matching task.  Task 1: Perceptually match the orientation of a hand-held card with the orientation of the mail slot; Task 2: Post the card into the mail slot. DF is the patient described by Goodale and Milner with object agnosia (ventral stream damage). RV is has optic ataxia (dorsal stream damage).    How would R.V. perform? Choose one answer.

Suppose someone represents the concept “bird” as {robin, penguin, sparrow, eagles, …}. This is most consistent with which view of concepts? Choose one answer.

Which of the following diagnostic tests for peripheral neuropathy measures the speed and signal strength of transmission along a nerve pathway to determine whether there is damage to myelin and/or the axon of a nerve?

Which finding supports Kahneman and Tversky’s theory that humans are not purely logical thinkers, but instead reason rely on rough-and-ready heuristics when reasoning?

Two individuals, DF, and RV, were tested in a mail-slot matching task.  Task 1: Perceptually match the orientation of a hand-held card with the orientation of the mail slot; Task 2: Post the card into the mail slot. DF is the patient described by Goodale and Milner with object agnosia (ventral stream damage). RV is has optic ataxia (dorsal stream damage).    How would D.F. perform? Choose one answer.

After their cataracts were surgically removed, infants with congenital cataract gradually develop visual functions. Nine years after surgery,  they were asked to judge whether a pair of faces were identical. Their performance on pairs that differ in configuration is ______________ their performance on pairs that differ in features. Choose one answer.

Neurologic deficit symptoms from a transient ischemic attack (TIA)

The nurse assesses that a patient has a severe fecal impaction. Which action taken by the nurse addresses this problem?

The patient is a 74-year-old man who has been in the hospital for 4 days following an orthopedic surgical procedure. He is concerned because he has not moved his bowels every day as he did before surgery, but every other day. Which response made by the nurse is appropriate?