________ refers to puberty that occurs several years before the average age in a given society.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Precocious puberty

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It is thought that the concept of intrauterine devices (IUD) stems from ____

a. a Victorian era tradition in which women of the elite class would go to "spas" to receive uterine implantations to enhance orgasm b. camel drivers, who would insert small stones into the uterus of female camels to prevent pregnancy c. devices inserted into the cervix that were used during the depression era to abort fetuses d. a medical technique dating back to WWI, in which copper marbles were placed into a woman's cervix to shrink uterine tumors

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A key result of Terrell, Terrell, and Taylor's work on examiner effects in testing was that

a) there was an interaction between examiner race and mistrust level of examinees. b) examinees did best when the examiner was of the same race as the examinees. c) no examiner effect was found for examinees with high mistrust levels. d) the effects of mistrust were more important than the effects of examiner race.

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Which of the following is the most common type of uterine cancer?

A. Vulvar cancer B. Endometrial cancer C. Ovarian cancer D. Vaginal cancer E. Cervical cancer

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How is a vasectomy performed?

A. It requires the removal of both Cowper's and Tyson's glands. B. It centers on the removal of the foreskin in uncircumcised men. C. It requires either the cutting or the tying up of the vas deferens. D. It involves the surgical removal of the corpus cavernosa.

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