Dr. Park has found that her patient, Ye-Jun, has a defect in a gene on the X chromosome of his 23rd pair, resulting in a deficiency of a protein needed for brain development. Ye-Jun most likely suffers from
A. Down syndrome
B. cretinism
C. fragile X syndrome
D. fetal alcohol syndrome
Ans: C. fragile X syndrome
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Psychologists who share the value of determinism may attribute the causes of a person's behaviors to _____
a. genetic predispositions b. a desire to gain a reward such as notoriety c. a personality trait such as greed d. any of these
_____ refers to the continuous bidirectional interactions between genes and environment
a. Nature versus nurture b. Epigenesis c. Reaction range d. Concordance rate
The tendency to consider a personal description accurate
if it is stated in very general terms is called a. uncritical acceptance. b. the Barnum effect. c. the confirmation bias. d. the fundamental attribution error.