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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

DEFINITION:
The study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
►Dayton Daily News, 07/22/2024

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5 Middle School Words

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Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!

1. Light-Year

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► Being without or almost without hope

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

2. Rainforest

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

3. Antibody

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

4. Vertebrate

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

5. Polygon

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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Common Core State Standard
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.