We Turn to Books for Certainty and Truth About the World

question 4

Multiple Choice

We turn to books for certainty and truth about the world in which we live and the ones about which we want to know specifically because books are

• A) agents of social and cultural change.
• B) important cultural repositories.
• C) sources of personal development.
• D) sources of entertainment and escape.

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Definitions:

Inhibition

The process of suppressing or restraining a behavioral or biological response.

Stimulants

Substances that increase activity in the brain and body, often enhancing alertness, attention, and energy.

Mirror Neurons

Neurons that fire both when an individual acts and when the individual observes the same action performed by another, contributing to empathy and understanding.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical messengers used by the nervous system to transmit messages between neurons or from neurons to muscles.