When You Meet Your New Roommate for the First Time

question 6

Multiple Choice

When you meet your new roommate for the first time, he is wearing glasses, listening to classical music, and reading a copy of the New Yorker Review of Books.You think, "Well, maybe rooming with an intellectual this year will be good for me." You instantly categorized your roommate as an intellectual on the basis of your

• A) schemas.
• B) memories.
• C) intuitions.
• D) heuristics.

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Definitions:

Speech

Speech is the verbal expression of thoughts, feelings, or information, made possible through the coordinated use of the vocal tract, including the tongue, throat, and lips.

Brain Plasticity

The capacity of the nervous system to change its structure and function in response to experience or injury.

Damaged Brain Area

A region of the brain that has been impaired or injured due to trauma, disease, or other conditions.

Parietal Lobes

The region of the brain located behind the frontal lobes, responsible for integrating sensory information, including spatial sense and navigation.