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[Question] Process models of interpretation [Answer]
attempts to graphically demonstrate the complex mental activities, decisions made and the factors influencing an interpretation; some models are based on formal research and others have been developed by long-time practitioners based on reflection and int
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[Question] Processing time [Answer]
the time used by the interpreter to analyze the source language utterance and to make cultural and linguistic adjustments before producing an equivalent message in the target language (also called lag time).
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[Question] Professional competence [Answer]
having the knowledge and skills base, as well as ethical judgment, to perform the task of a professional in a given field.
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[Question] Professional distance [Answer]
a social, psychological and physical boundary established to insure individuals function within appropriate professional roles; protects both the professional and the client.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Professionals [Answer]
practioners working in a field in which they are expected to hold the interests of their clients paramount in all decisios made; have special knowledge, licensure or certification, adhere to clearly articulated set of values or code of ethics; expected to
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[Question] Prosody [Answer]
the rhythm of a language including stress, inflection, intonation, pausing and phrasing that help listeners determine meaning and predict what the speaker will say next.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Psychological noise [Answer]
realities that exist in the heads of all participants in the communication environment and distract from or interferes with the communication; includes things like internal stress, personal judgements about the other participants, and random thoughts that
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Real world classifiers [Answer]
classifiers that take on life-size proportions and sometimes look a bit like a reduced form of mime when being produced.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Reciprocal signals [Answer]
certain eye behaviors, head nods, verbal utterances (i.e. right, uh-huh) to indicate that one is attending and comprehending (or not) the messages being received.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Reciprocity of perspectives [Answer]
an assumption that the experiences and values of another group are identical to your own. Thus, if you traded places, members of the second group would come to view the world like yourself and develop concomitant values.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Register [Answer]
frozen, formal, consultative, informal, intimate; each register has specific characteristics and unwritten rules determining turn-taking, complexity/completeness of sentence structure; and choice of vocabulary.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Residual hearing [Answer]
the ability to hear to some degree or at some frequencies in spite of a partial hearing loss.
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[Question] Resistance to attempts for liberation [Answer]
a fear on the part of members in the power group toward any attempts on the part of the oppressed group toward liberation or equality.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Rochester Method [Answer]
a manual code for English wherein each letter of the English alphabet is assigend a hand shape and all words communicated, with the exception of AND, are fingerspelled.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Schema [Answer]
an organizational or conceptual pattern in the mind; the contextual frame or "script" that helps us interpret what is happening; learned informally from our social and cultural interactions.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] SEE1 [Answer]
Seeing Essential English; a manual code for English wherein each syllable is given a separate manual movement.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Semantics [Answer]
the way meaning is created by the use and inter-relationship of words, phrases and sentences; precise shades of meaning applied to words/signs in context.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Sight translation [Answer]
changing a message from the frozen form of one language into another signed or spoken language done on first sight, without the time normally required to prepare a formal translation.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] SSS [Answer]
Sign Supported Speech; a broad term used to refer to a variety of English-based signing systems; compsed of invented hand movements that attempt to represent English in a manual/visual form, relying entirely upon the lexicon and syntax of English, and usu
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[Question] SE [Answer]
Signed English; combines English grammatical order with ASL signs as well as some invented initialized signs.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Sign-to-Voice [Answer]
the part of the interpretation process in which the source language message is signed (ASL, LSQ or a manual form of English) and the output is spoken in English, French or another auditory language.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Simultaneous communication [Answer]
speaking and signing at the same time (sim-com); problems include omission of signs, semantic errors, unclear production of signs, and confused mouth markers (also called sign supported speech).
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Simultaneous interpretation/transliteration [Answer]
the process of interpreting/transliterating into the target language/code at the same time that the source language message is being delivered.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] SASS [Answer]
Size and Shape Specifiers; a specific subset of classifiers that function to describe various nouns; functions like English adjectives.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Speaker goal [Answer]
the motivating purpose behind communication; includes a variety of things such as teaching, inspiring, counseling, teasing, scolding, selling, etc.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Speech-reading [Answer]
a skill employed by some deaf and hh individuals to comprehend spoken communication; involves a combination of deciphering lip, cheek, and throat movements, clarifying gestures and use of closure skills to determine meaning.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Stereotype [Answer]
a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, affective attitude, or uncritical judgment.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Support group [Answer]
a small group of professional peers committed to confidentiality, growth, honesty, and integrity.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] TOI [Answer]
Test of Interpretation; the test of interpreting skill required for certification in Canada, administered by AVLIC; must pass WTK first.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Total Communication [Answer]
first defined as using any means necessary to successfully communicate with a Deaf child; adopted and redefined by the education system to mean speaking and signing at the same time (sim-com)
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Translation [Answer]
changing a message from the frozen form of one language into the frozen form of another language.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Visual-gestural languages [Answer]
based on a structured set of linguistic rules in which the communication base is the movement of the face and body rather than sound; sign languages throughout the world fall into this category.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] WTK [Answer]
Written Test of Knowledge; the test of knowledge required as the first step toward certification in Canada, administered by AVLIC, does not constitute "partial certification", must pass the TOI to be certified.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] RID [Answer]
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; began in 1964 at Ball State Teacher's College; created standards, testing, and ethics; certifications include CI, CT, CDI-P, CDI, SC:L, NIC, etc.
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[Question] Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1965 [Answer]
made VR funds available to pay for interpreters.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504 [Answer]
if receiving gov funding (i.e. state schools, etc.) the entity must provide accessibility and accomodations for all disabilities; this covers students, parents, and school personnel.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] PL94.142 [Answer]
Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975; schools must accept all kids, all worthy of an education, all disabilities accepted despite of severity; started mainstreaming frenzy.
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[Question] Court Interpreters Act of 1978 [Answer]
an interpreter must be provided if a non-native English speaker is involved in court, not disability legislation, witness testimony must be consecutive.
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[Question] IDEA [Answer]
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; covers kids ages 0-21; includes IFSPs and IEPs; accounts for LRE; clarified PL94.142.
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[Question] IEP [Answer]
Individual Education Plan; the IEP team creates goals and ideas for facilitating a child's learning; mandated by law.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] IFSP [Answer]
Individual Family Service Plan; for kids age 0-3 or 0-5, this intervention helps the child by helping earlier, recongnizes the whole family is affected by a disability.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-155303
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[Question] LRE [Answer]
Least Restricted Environment; law assumes mainstreaming and parents are responsible to prove mainstreaming is not LRE and often lose.
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[Question] ADA [Answer]
Americans with Disabilities Act; covers many aspects of life, unfunded mandate, required participation but no gov funds provided; ALL private and public places must comply except if the entity has less than 15 employees or can prove undue hardship; must p
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51c8fc3e_rds_about_Properties_of_Matter__Answer
[Question] What is a Physical property? [Answer]
can describe an object by its color,density,melting point,& boiling point.
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Flashcards about Properties of Matter
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[Question] What is melting point? [Answer]
temperature when a solid turns into a liquid
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[Question] What is boiling point? [Answer]
Temperature when a liquid boils and turns into a gas.
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[Question] What is density? [Answer]
The mass and volume of something.
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[Question] What is color [Answer]
used to identify and object.
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[Question] What is a chemical property? [Answer]
is when a substance reacts or don't reacts to something chemically.
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[Question] What is the ability to burn? [Answer]
when oxygen reacts quickly to a substance to produce light and heat.
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[Question] What is the ability to rust? [Answer]
when a substance reacts slowly to oxygen that produces rust.
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[Question] What is a physical change? [Answer]
don't change composition of a substance,only the physical properties.
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[Question] What is change in state of matter? [Answer]
when a substance changes from one state of matter to another.
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[Question] What is sublimation? [Answer]
when a substance changes from a gas directly to a solid.
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[Question] What is change in size or shape? [Answer]
when an object changes shape or size.
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[Question] What is color change? [Answer]
when a substance changes color
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[Question] What is temperature change? [Answer]
when temperature of a substance increases or decreases.
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[Question] What is formation of precipitate? [Answer]
When two solutions are combined, they may form a solid substance.
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[Question] What is formation of gas [Answer]
When solid or liquid substances are combined, they may form gas bubbles.
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7195fad8_shcards_about_Biological_Bases__Biological_Bases_of_Behavior
[Definition] Explore the relationships between the brain/nervous systems and behavior [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Neuropsychologists
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Biological Bases of Behavior
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[Definition] Left frontal lobe part controls language expression [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Broca's Area
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[Definition] loss of ability to speak [Biological Bases of Behavior]
expressive aphasia
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[Definition] loss of ability to comprehend written or spoken language [Biological Bases of Behavior]
receptive aphasia
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[Definition] precise destruction of brain tissue [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Lesions
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[Definition] Left temporal lobe that plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Wernicke's Area
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[Definition] broad band of nervous tissue that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres transmitting information from one side of the brain to the other [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Corpus callosum
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[Definition] consists of your brain and spinal cord [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Central Nervous System
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[Definition] Portion of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord. It inlcudes all of the sensory and motor neurons, and subdivisions called the autonomic and somatic nervous [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Peripheral Nervous System
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[Definition] subdivision of Peripheral Nervous System that includes motor nevers that innervate skeletal (voluntary) muscle [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Somatic Nervous System
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[Definition] subdivision of Peripheral Nervous System that includes motor nerves that innervate smooth (involuntary) or heart muscle. [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Autonomic Nervous System
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[Definition] Subdivision of Autonomic Nervous System whose stimulation results in responses that help the body deal with stressful events; prepares the body for "fight or flight"; running from a terrifying object or situation [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Sympathetic Nervous System
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[Definition] Subdivision of Autonomic Nervous System whose stimulation calms the body following sympathetic stimulation by restoring normal body processes; causes bodily changes for maintenance or rest; calming down after running from a terrifying object or situation [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Parasympathetic Nervous System
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[Definition] Do not have specific sensory or motor functions, but are involved in higher mental functions, such as thinking, planning, and communicating [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Association Areas
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[Definition] control of one side of your body by the other side of your brain [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Contralaterality
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[Definition] Regulates heart rhythm, blood flow, breakthing rate, digestion, vomiting [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Medulla Oblongata
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[Definition] Part of brainstem that includes portion of reticular activating system or reticular formation critical for arousal and wakefulness; sends information to and from medulla, cerebellum, and cerebral cortex [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Pons
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[Definition] Maintains balance [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Cerebellum
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[Definition] Relay "station" for sensory pathways carrying visual, auditory, taste, somatosensory information to/from appropriate areas of cerebral cortex; Some nuclei involved in emotion [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Thalamus
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[Definition] Controls body temperature and heart rate via control of sympathetic and parasympathetic centers in the medulla; drives such as thirst, hunger, sexual desire and behaviors; emotional states such as rage; helps determine biological rhythms:menstrual cycle [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Hypothalamus
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[Definition] Influences aggression and fear; someone scares you and your immediate reaction is to fling your arms in self defense the amygdala is at work [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Amygdala
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[Definition] Enables formation of new long-term memories [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Hippocampus
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[Definition] receives and processes sensory information and directs movement; center for higher order processes such as thinking, planning, and judgement [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Cerebral Cortex
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[Definition] Neurotransmitters cause the neuron on the other side of the synapse to generate an action potential (to fire) [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Excitatory
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[Definition] Reducing or preventing neural impulses, (not likely to fire [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Inhibitory
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[Definition] Results in severe, irreversible brain damage unless a baby is fed a special diet low in phenylalanine within 30 days of birth; the infant lacks an enzyme to process this amino acid which can build up and posion cells of the nervous system [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
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[Definition] dominant gene defect that invloves degeneration of the nervous system; symptoms involve forgetfulness, tremors, jerky motions, loss of the ability to talk, personality changes such as temper tantrums or inappropriate accusations, blindness or death [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Huntington's Disease
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[Definition] When one area of the brain is damaged, the brain can recognize to take over is function [Biological Bases of Behavior]
Plasticity
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[Answer] autobiography [Question]
A person's life story written by that person
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[Answer] biography [Question]
A person's life story written by another person
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[Answer] drama [Question]
A play; a form of literature meant to be performed by actore before an audience
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[Answer] fairy tale [Question]
Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children
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[Answer] fiction [Question]
An imaginary story
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[Answer] folk tale [Question]
A simple story that has been handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another
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[Answer] folklore [Question]
Traditions, customs, and stories that are passed along by word of mouth with a culture
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[Answer] genre [Question]
A type of literature
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[Answer] legend [Question]
A story handed down from the past about a specific person.
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[Answer] nonfiction [Question]
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
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[Answer] fable [Question]
Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale.
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[Answer] fantasy [Question]
Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality.
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[Answer] historical fiction [Question]
Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
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