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Murray is a bright student, but he procrastinates.  He puts off writing term papers and gets incompletes which eventually become F’s.  Murray’s therapist has Murray write down his thoughts about work, read the thoughts as if someone else had said them, and then write a rational response to each one.  The treatment method used to help Murray deal with his problem is:

Solve the equation. Round to the nearest thousandth.3x = 10

Which suffix refers to pain?

The activation of energy is the amount of energy required to _______. 

True or False: In protein synthesis, the process of transcription takes place in the cell nucleus, not in the cytoplasm.

The lungs are found in the _____________ cavity.

____________________ is a mood disorder in which episodes of both depression and mania (excessive euphoria) occur.

Anabolic reactions are also referred to as ___________ reactions. 

Match these terms from Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development with the following definitions:  Sensorimotor Stage, Preoperational Stage, Concrete Operations Stage, Formal Operations Stage, object permanence, conservation, egocentric TYPE THE NUMBER of the question and your answer.   1.  ____________________ is the term that refers to a child’s understanding that an object continues to exist even when you cannot see it or touch it.   2.  ____________________ is the stage that occurs from birth to age two in which a child learns object permanence.   3.  ____________________ is the stage that occurs from age 2 to 7.  A child in this stage may understand that Jessie is his sister, but he may not understand the reverse of that, that he is Jessie’s brother.   4.  ____________________ is understanding that the physical properties of objects-such as the amount of liquid in a glass-can remain the same even when their form or appearance changes.   5.  ____________________ refers to seeing the world from only your perspective and the inability to take another person’s perspective.   6.  ____________________ is the stage that occurs from age 7 to age 12.  Children’s knowledge at this age seems to be tied to information that is concrete, and they have trouble understanding abstract terms.   7.  ___________________ is the stage that occurs from age 12 through adulthood in which the person now understands abstract concepts such as “freedom” and “democracy.” 

List two ways people can be coerced into doing something they would not normally do.