What is the main problem with labeling children as "difficult"?
A. It is inaccurate, because all children can be difficult from time to time.
B. It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
C. No child is truly difficult. Some parents have unreasonably high expectations.
D. It does not take into consideration the environment in which children are being raised.
B. It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Researchers use the twin-study method to
A. separate environmental from genetic influences. B. determine how much of our personality is inherited from our parents. C. determine how much of our personality is the result of experience. D. all of the above
The psychological term for someone who is mentally disturbed to the point of not being in contact with reality and not being legally responsible for his or her actions is ______
a. insanity c. split personality b. schizophrenia d. psychopathology
Your son comes home from kindergarten talking about a very sick classmate who has "sticky blood that is funny-shaped." You wonder if this classmate might have
A) cystic fibrosis. B) Huntington's disease. C) sickle cell disease. D) trisomy X.
What is the procedure in which cells are taken from an embryo and then replaced after the defective genes they contain have been repaired?
a) Germ line therapy b) Genetic counseling c) Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) d) Fetal blood sampling