An employee earned $100,000 working for an employer in the current year. The current rate for FICA Social Security is 6.2% payable on earnings up to $128,400 maximum per year and the rate for FICA Medicare 1.45% of all earnings. The employer’s total FICA payroll tax for this employee is:

Mary’s husband Carlos needs to have everything perfect in the house and he tends to control the household schedule. He is very quick to lose his temper while driving and screams at surrounding drivers. Carlos most likely has a _______ personality and the trait of ______ especially puts him at risk for developing heart disease.

Sofia, a seven-year old girl, describes what she does before going to sleep. She puts on her pajamas, brushes her teeth, says goodnight to mom and dad, then gets into bed. Sofia is recalling what kind of knowledge?

What are the differences between (and yes they are all different): a) simultaneous lineup b) sequential lineup c) show-up

What aspects of this course could be added, changed or improved? Please be specific. 

You watched a TED talk in which Dr. Loftus talked about how reliable memory is.  What was the most important and/or interesting thing you learned from this video? (These are not free points – write sentences that show me you watched this video)

Brynn hears a sound coming from the classroom next door. The sound had high frequency indicating high ________ and high amplitude indicating high _____. The sound is also perceived as rough in terms of _______.

Carlos has an orange-scented candle that smells just like the orange groves he played in as a child. Every time he smells the candle, he feels happy, comforted, and nostalgic. This emotional reaction is because the smell reaches the ___ area of the brain.

Dayana fell out of her kayak and nearly drowned. After she was rescued, she told her doctors that she thought she was going to die but felt an overwhelming sense of peace. How would her doctors BEST explain her experience?

Robert just took an unknown drug at a party. He feels more alert, can feel his heart rate increases, and starts talking more rapidly to other party-goers. Robert might have taken each of the following drugs EXCEPT: