When alleles of the pair of chromosomes are alike with regard to a specific characteristic, such as hair color, the person is said to be ______ for the characteristic.
A. heterozygous
B. a carrier
C. homozygous
D. complete
Answer: C
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The major focus of the Americans with Disabilities Act is
a. the prevention of selection bias among disabled individuals. b. the removal of physical barriers that may impede the education and employment of disabled individuals. c. the elimination of psychological tests in employment decisions for people with disabilities. d. the education of the public regarding people with disabilities.
When judging potential "harm," a researcher should consider:
a. physical harm. b. psychological harm. c. harm to the usefulness of the experimental results. d. physical harm and psychological harm.
You are listening to a political roundtable on a current issue. As the experts discuss some complicated points, you are reminded of past similar events, which you use to make sense of what they are saying
What does this situation illustrate concerning memory? a) You can listen to and process only about seven ideas at a time. b) You are retrieving information from long-term memory into working memory. c) Sensory memory is very easily overwhelmed and leads to a shutdown of all memory storage. d) We tend to focus too much on voices and too little on visual information when we process information.
Older adults tend to experience a decline in their __________, which might explain why they perform poorly on a variety of other tests of cognitive skill
a) independence b) metacognition c) metamemory d) mental processing speed