When Paula's son Alex is born is born in the United States, he tests positive for HIV. Paula wonders what this means for her son's life expectancy. The doctor is most likely to tell her that, Alex will
?
A. die within a few weeks.
B. live one to two years.
C. have a 50 to 75 percent chance of living to age five.
D. be unlikely to ever die of the complications of AIDS.
Answer: C
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A. an attribution B. compliance C. conformity D. obedience
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A) deaf adults who, as infants and children, learned sign language depend more than hearing individuals on the right hemisphere for language processing. B) adolescents and adults show more diffuse fMRI activity than children. C) deaf infants depend more than hearing infants on the left hemisphere for language processing. D) toddlers advanced in language development show greater right-hemispheric specialization for language than their agemates.