Martina Overhears Someone at a Party Saying That Studies Have

question 40

Multiple Choice

Martina overhears someone at a party saying that studies have shown that people with larger brains are more intelligent.Furthermore,this person claims that doctors have told him that he has an extraordinarily large brain,and thus,claim to also have superior intelligence.Martina decides to avoid that conversation because she knows from her psychology class that

• A) people with extraordinarily large brains tend to score low on intelligence tests.
• B) this person is likely exceptionally brilliant.
• C) people with more neurons in their parietal lobe are more intelligent.
• D) the size of individual neurons is more important for intelligence than the number of neurons.

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Definitions:

Beta Waves

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REM Behavior Disorder

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