The specialized organ that provides nourishment and filters away waste products from the developing baby is called the

a. placenta.
b. uterus.
c. umbilical cord.
d. embryo.
e. amnion


a. placenta.

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As described in the text, the elaboration likelihood model is almost identical to another model, known as ____

a. the personal relevance theory of persuasion b. the heuristic/systematic model c. the theory of psychological reactance d. action identification theory

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List two primary emotions

What will be an ideal response?

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An individual who routinely predicts that something bad is about to happen even when there is no evidence to support this thinking is engaging in a type of cognitive distortion identified by David Burns as __________.

A. mind reading B. fortune telling C. overgeneralizing D. weather forecasting

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In the context of brain development, differentiation refers to the process of:

a. Expression of a subset of the cell’s genes as appropriate to the cell’s function b. Initiating action potential firing c. Massive expansion in cell numbers d. The movement of cells to the anterior end of the embryo

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