Which statement best illustrates the concept of heritability?
a. Dara is outgoing, just like her father and older sisters.
b. Mario is the first person in his family in three generations to have blue eyes.
c. Naomi inherited the mutated BRCA1 gene, increasing her risk for certain cancers.
d. Selma has a 50% chance of passing the gene for curly hair to her children.
ANSWER:
c
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A. The trees refer to friends being persuaded by authority figures. B. The voice is one's sexual desire and trees are those that are sexually attracted. C. Flying through trees suggests that one needs to escape the present and listen more to the inner child. D. Flying through trees that moved with a voice near the ground.
As a popular athlete in school, Kaleb was considered one of the “jocks.” A(n) ________ is a large group of peers that share a general identity, such as “brains,” “populars,” or “jocks.”
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Cigarette smoke is known to contain _____ that stimulates the fetus.
A. estrogen
B. vitamin A
C. methadone
D. nicotine
Short-term memory consists of storing small amounts of information from both
a. sensory memory and working memory. b. working memory and long-term memory. c. the visuospatial sketch pad and phonological loop. d. sensory memory and long-term memory.