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Translate this sentence about future plans using the formula introduced in this module. She is going to work at the restaurant.

3) Ken is 40 years old. He has always loved punk music. Since he was about 15 years old, he has gone to at least one punk music concert each week and the music in these concerts is always extremely loud. As part of a regular medical check-up, Ken’s doctor tests his hearing and finds that Ken is suffering from substantial hearing loss.  Based on the description above, which of the following has Ken most likely damaged? 

23) In the example of classical conditioning above, the musical piece from the movie is the: 

Some people point to the US current account deficit. But most people do not understand. You have been asked to develop an essay explaining IF current account deficits are actually bad. In your answer, be sure you FULLY explain:  what the CURRENT account captures, what it means to have a current account deficit and what is likely causing it, the current account’s role in the balance of payments, how the current accounts connect to trade, AND the connection between the current account and the CAPITAL account…both how and why are they related. Make sure that you actually ANSWER the question that was asked. Expected length is about 500 words with good content. If you have more to say, then say it. If you are far below this length, then you have not likely answered all parts of the question thoroughly. Make sure you are thorough and detailed, illustrating an understanding of these concepts.  You will be judged on the depth, accuracy, and persuasiveness of your explanation.  *This is a bit open-ended and you need to put some structure in place. **Do no waste time restating question. Focus on body paragraphs of an essay.  ***Note that a few sentences is not sufficient to answer this question and will not earn you an acceptable score. Note the length expectations communicated.  ****Be detailed and be thorough. Use examples to illustrate your logic and points.  *****Content is the most important contributor to your grade. But writing quality counts too. I do not expect perfection from a timed essay. But I do expect that your work is proofread and major grammar errors and spelling errors are addressed.  SPEND A FEW MINUTES EDITING YOUR WORK BEFORE SUBMITTING.  

43) Which of the following IS true about performance on intelligence tests:

70) Malik is a participant in a dichotic listening experiment.  He is asked to repeat back only the speech being played in his left ear and ignore the speech in his right ear.  In the first trial of the experiment, the following sentences are played:   Left ear: “A man drives a green car into town and then goes into the grocery store.”  Right ear: “The child plays with two friends before returning home and eating dinner.”   Neither of the two sentences contains any words or phrases that would be particularly meaningful to Malik.  Malik repeats back the sentence played in his left ear perfectly.  When he’s asked what he remembers from his right ear, he reports that he doesn’t recall anything that was played in his right ear.  Malik’s behavior in the first trial of the experiment is consistent with what model or models of attention?  

39)  Four pieces of paper are being illuminated by different strength spotlights.  Anna is measuring both the strength of the light that is hitting the pieces of paper and the amount of light that the pieces of paper are reflecting. She finds the following:     Paper #1: Being hit by 1000 units of light, reflecting 10 units of light Paper #2: Being hit by 500 units of light, reflecting 10 units of light Paper #3: Being hit by 100 units of light, reflecting 10 units of light Paper #4: Being hit by 20 units of light, reflecting 10 units of light   Given these values, ___________ will be perceived as being the brightest/whitest, while _________ will be perceived as being the dimmest/darkest.   

59-60) Use the text below to answer questions 59-60 Brian is a 5-year old boy sitting with his grandmother who just had a stroke.  Brian is showing his grandmother a picture of his family that he just drew (see image below).  Brian’s grandmother says, “Brian, did you forget to put your sister Kelly in the drawing?” Brian responds by saying, “No grandma. Kelly is next to dad.” (Brian points to the part of the drawing where Kelly is on the left side of the page).    Brian’s grandmother responds by saying, “Oh my.  How did I not notice her over there?”  59) Brian’s grandmother’s behavior is most consistent with what disorder or syndrome?

46)  Alex and James are identical 19-year-old twins.  Both Alex and James are signed up to complete a research survey on Monday afternoon. On Monday morning, Alex was looking through social media and he saw that three friends of his from college were involved in a serious car accident.  James wasn’t friends with any of the individuals and so didn’t see or hear anything about the accident.  When Alex and James arrive to complete the research survey, one of the questions asks, “Please estimate how likely you are to be involved in a serious car accident.”  Alex answers 1 in 20 James answers 1 in 1000 Based only on the information above, the difference in James and Alex’s responses to the question is MOST consistent with what decision-making issue?       

41)  Which of the following would be a “nature” factor associated with measured intelligence?