In identical twin pairs, if one twin develops schizophrenia, the other twin has about a ____ chance of also developing the disorder.?
a. ?73%
b. ?48%
c. ?27%
d. ?6%
ANSWER:
b
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a. Women consistently receive more medical treatment than they need. b. Women consistently receive less medical treatment than they need. c. Women sometimes receive too much medical treatment, and sometimes too little medical treatment. d. At present, women do not seem to receive biased medical treatment.
Scott suffers from metabolic insufficiency X (MIX) disorder. His mother also has MIX disorder, but his father does not. What can we conclude?
a. The MIX gene must be recessive. b. The MIX gene must be dominant. c. Scott may or may not pass down the gene for MIX disorder to his children. d. Scott will pass down the MIX disorder to his children, but they may not get the disease.
A very young infant who is unable to detect the contours in a finely patterned checkerboard array is most likely to attend to this stimulus
a. more than to a gray stimulus of equal intensity. b. less than to a gray stimulus of equal intensity. c. about the same as to a gray stimulus of equal intensity. d. about the same as a colored stimulus of less intensity.
In what condition do the bones become thin and brittle as a result of rapid calcium depletion?
a. scoliosis b. jaundice c. diabetes d. osteoporosis