Although Most of Us Talk at About 125 to 150

question 40

True/False

Although most of us talk at about 125 to 150 words per minute, most of us can think at three to four times that rate.

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Definitions:

Diathesis-Stress Model

A model that recognizes the combination of a diathesis (i.e., vulnerability) and sufficient amounts of life stress that, combined, are likely to produce a disorder.

Vulnerability

The susceptibility to physical or emotional injury or attack; it can also refer to a person's increased risk of developing a disorder or illness.

Temporal Lobes

The regions of the cerebral cortex located beneath the lateral fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the brain, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Hallucinations

Perceptual experiences without an external stimulus, commonly associated with mental disorders or neurological conditions.