Enrique is 2 months old, painfully thin, and in danger of dying. His mother is too malnourished to produce enough breast milk and bottle-feeding is inadequate. What is the most likely cause of Enrique's illness?
A) lack of thyroxine
B) marasmus
C) kwashiorkor
D) iron-deficiency anemia
B
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b. After many years, people have learned habits of waking and sleeping at certain times. c. The eyes send information to other brain areas that control waking. d. Certain parts of the brain can grow back after damage.
Schwartz's value dimension of _____ refers to the degree to which cultures emphasize the legitimacy of pyramidal allocation of fixed roles and resources such as social power, authority, humility, or wealth
a) mastery b) hierarchy c) intellectual autonomy d) affective autonomy
The impact of maternal stress during pregnancy is most devastating on the fetus when the stress is
a. brief and mild. b. prolonged and mild. c. brief and severe. d. prolonged and severe.
Holyoak and Koh presented different versions of the light bulb problem to assist in solving the radiation problem. They found the version to be more effective, because it had features in common with the radiation problem
a. insufficient-intensity; surface b. insufficient-intensity; structural c. fragile-glass; surface d. fragile-glass; structural