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ARW1 - Midterm Exam Due Jun11aL1::509m — Peínte100 Questions2 Available Jun 21 at 2am- Jun 11 at 11:59pm 23 hours and 59 minutes Time Limit SO Minutes. Instructions Dear student, Next you will be assessedoon she centents of the course. Thiswritten exam focuses on Reading Comprehension and Waiting. You vll only have one opporturityto take the test. Attempt History Attempt. Score LaresT Amp Sour 00" some questons ot yet grade ¡Corrsct arewers are hicdar. Submitted Jun 11 at 8:300m Section |: Reading Comprehension To read for maín idezs, detals,inferenc and word meaning Question 1 50/50 pts Read the following text and use the information to ansuerthe questions helow. 1 Savants are people we hase "supehuman' mental aiii. hoy might bc able to emember cuy mord fa book try just rad, or quicky esimat th sum of a compicatzd math protlem_Thi rar condition is often ln with autiemPsplowith autsm ae social dable in tem of her irtoration with thes. Ltowbs, svarts usualy have difcuy ssimilting with th rest of oct They have a har tine rlating to everyone le. n recent st, ne sacantsic. "Yon people woue reslizs that we're amicus and uncomforable arcundithem Another savart tia to explsinhis teens by sti ot people say" nt very Mole have my cumschedule that Mo toke to, aná dont care 2. Emerging evidencein the pas few decades has suggstes that savant le bits can be reíted to injury to let hemsphere cf the brin. tan ls be due to lsk o development othis par: o e brain. Te right hemisphere of he rin compensatestor ti, and s areslsavams develp new rental blítis that are difiert tro hose of rdinary people. 3 Alan Soya is sc Sy rey usaste how o ise ás Dr Ses dei La ay Dn fl ectnage pls ai qu Une e Les al a Li tran tltica inoreinory people by sendirs pulscsto tir brains The stusyis a importen e. controle correcty peeplecoulcetiny bencht from heving these new abit. 4. Dr Sryders resuliswerepredictabl, based on his theory. Hefourd hat tho pulsos trarsformed th way the bra handle information. Poople were ae te recogí det that they never sawbefere in images and worís. The longor they received te pales, the more deta they retinad. For ecamole, New York Time reporte drew acat several timeswhie esciving pases t his Ea, He noted that ch imags ws more and more detaes. cout hardy recognize temas my own diawirgs,hough 1 ad watch myself render cach cnc. lit oving deta” De Sader perico in rs cu hs hole garmin a rfi tl cli, ito ti ment am an he act Questions 1. hats anotrer good title Frthis art? "The Mid ot Savart A 3. low aresavantsdiferentfrom everyone ase? [Select] Y A smart ete me [5] 7. Dr Snyder study the plses ESolect] eS A A lt bc ti o nc [Bl] a e CO Dr Empaer ist for 10 Accordhg to therextine anvonecoud develop nev mental ati Amisver de "The Mind ts Savert" Answer 2: hey mightheve an ijury in theiclef nemisonera Answer 3: Tiny avs ama mo Ll abi. Amisver de They have cificaliyinterseting win orhers Answer 5: Brin reason Answer és Is enredos Answer: heipedpeople note mam Answer 8: cres Ansuerg keptinonesmerory Answer 10: hy using special ervipment eri Section Writing. To write a sunny parara Quastion 2 "Not yet gradod / 50 pts. Virite 2 140-150-verd summory pacegraph based onthe reading text *Decoving a Savan'" in Section. Remember your summary paragraph must have a tpizsentexce with a control ideo. EVALUATION CRITERIA TOPIC AND TASK 15 points — | FLOWOFIDEAS 0 pcints GRAMIMAR AND VOCABULARY 8 points ORGANIZATION 15 points PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING 2 points. Ya Anzner Inside the Savar: Mind Snsantegoszes extraorinorymental abit trat can develop through sott biological consitcns and siente intervention, Although tray have "superbamer” cl, these indviduals ae often social dlsablec and struggls to assimliate to society because ther call ro.rines are not fexble Slemists clscove-ed emsr£ing evidence that these talas rezte to letemisphere camage were the right hemisphers had compersated “or tre injury. o investigate, Dr Alem Snyder used his oxertiseto apply sloctromagneticpulses to crdnary brains. las estimated thet robody Fadimagined such hidden Fuman potential hefore his 
