Regarding handedness, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Left-handed locomotive engineers have higher accident rates with a possible cause being the locomotive controls were designed for right-handed persons.
b. Left-handed persons who owe their hand preference to birth traumas have a higher incidence of allergies and learning disorders.
c. Consistent left-handers are more at risk for immune-related diseases than those people with inconsistent handedness.
d. The shortage of very old lefties may reflect that more left-handed children were forced to become right-handed, so the lefties are masquerading as righties.
C
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Heritability refers to
a. the extent to which inherited genes are responsible for producing a particular trait. b. a measure of the contribution of genetics to the overall variability observed in a given trait in a population. c. the extent to which a person inherits a trait from his or her parents. d. genetic influence on a trait. e. the extent to which a particular trait will be transmitted to one's offspring.
Which of the following statements about the development of morality is true?
A) At first, a child's morality is regulated by inner standards. B) Gradually, a child's morality becomes externally controlled by adults. C) Moral individuals do the right thing to conform to others' expectations. D) Truly moral individuals have developed compassionate concerns and principles of good conduct.
Forgetting one memory as a result of the influence of other memories occurs as a result of __________
a. interference b. proactivity c. decay d. the Sommerset effect
Which of the following is true about depression in non-Western cultures?
A. Major depression is less tied to guilt and self-blame over perceived personal failure. B. Major depression is more tied to failure in achieving success in personal ventures and ambitions. C. Major depression is less tied to close-knit relationships. D. Major depression is more dependent on the failure to achieve material and capitalist goals.