What would happen if the enzyme AChE were disabled in a person's body?

What will be an ideal response?


The ACh activity would greatly increase, because AChE normally serves to degrade ACh. Later, this would lead to overstimulation of cholinergic receptors.

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Which of the following is most likely in Freud's phallic stage of development?

a. Jason is 16 months old and tends to bite everything (and everyone) he touches. b. Shana is 19 months old, and her mother has noticed that she gets a particular facial expression during the act of elimination. c. Shawn is now 4 years old and can often be seen walking around with his hand inside his pants. d. Linda is 12 years old and, unlike some of her friends, seems to have no interest in boys. e. William is 14 years old and has developed a strong attraction to Sarah, who resembles his mother.

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Which statement concerning the etiology of autism is correct? a. The most common etiological basis of autism noted so far is parental neglect or detachment. b. The early lack of normal development suggests biological rather than psychosocial factors. c. Researchers believe that there is one cause for autism that has yet to be discovered

d. Although psychological effects are important, biological factors play the most critical role.

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If one considers the full range of disorders that fall under the spectrum, the current prevalence of autism spectrum disorder is about _____ in 10,000.

A) 40 B) 60 C) 80 D) 100

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Carl Rogers calls the sense of who and what you are

a. the conscious. c. an illusion. b. your reinforcement history. d. the self.

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