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Whitney goes to the ice cream shop and orders a triple scoop of her favorite ice cream: cookie dough. It takes her about 13 minutes to finish her ice cream. This is an example of:

Charles drinks too many margaritas and gets very sick. The next day he sees some limes and feels very queasy. The sight of the lime is an example of a(n):

One of the predictive factors affecting the outcome of a child’s traumatic brain injury (TBI) is access to a continuum of care. What type of predictive factor is this?

When Simone asks for a high five from people standing in line at the post office, they do not give her one. When she is at her sister’s swim meet, Simone almost always gets a high five from people when she asks for one. The stimuli associated with the post office are examples of an:

Arthur is working with a client who has experienced a traumatic brain injury and is displaying a decline in social skills related to emotional recognition. As part of the training process, Arthur presents a large card depicting an individual and asks the client to identify the emotions expressed by the person in the image, as well as their reasoning for that interpretation. This would be an example of what type of training?

Dr. Friman uses the term “Gerber babies” in reference to:

Abdul really likes to play soccer during physical education (PE) class, but there is only one ball available in the gym. Abdul hurries to be first in line to go to PE when his teacher instructs the students to transition to the gym. When he gets to the gym, he gets the one soccer ball to himself. His peers look disappointed that they did not get the ball. Which of the following describes the function of the response?

The bright sun glared directly into Leonard’s eyes as he looked at the lake, and his pupils constricted. Now, his pupils constrict when he looks out towards the lake, even on a cloudy day. This is an example of a(n):            

When Gigi has a heavy workload, she often gives some of her tasks to her coworker when the coworker offers to help. Because Gigi’s workload has lightened recently, with only one task left for her to complete, she does not give that task to her coworker. This is an example of an:

Lucy has noted a decrease in developmental milestones in a client with traumatic brain injury (TBI) over the past year, while the client’s mother reports a regression in previously acquired skills. This situation illustrates: