Which of the following statements illustrates evidence for autism having ahereditary component?
A) "Refrigerator mothers" have been shown to have had mothers who were also "cold" and uninvolved.
B) Identical twins are much more likely to both have autism than are fraternal twins.
C) When one family member has autism, the chances are 9.3 times higher that a first cousin has autism than in the population as a whole.
D) Family members of those with autism are less likely to have a preference for routines than people in general.
B
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Service learning programs:
A. Began to decline after the turn of the century with increased academic accountability. B. Are claimed by proponents to increase personal and social responsibility and competence. C. Have received strong support through empirical research for use with EBD populations. D. Should result in greater benefit for the community than for the individual. E. Are characterized by teacher-directed lessons such as values clarification exercises.
A disproportionate number of homeless children are
a. teenagers. b. placed in foster care. c. in special programs specifically designed for them. d. adopted by the time they are three years old.
2 and 3 year olds are more concerned with the characters they encounter in books than 4 year olds
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Disruption in the hippocampus does NOT seem to result in deficits in ____ memory
a. declarative b. short-term c. procedural d. long-term