A procedure used to detect genetic abnormalities in a fetus by extracting fetal cells from the amniotic fluid is called
A) ultrasonography
B) amniocentesis
C) positron emission tomography
D) chorionic villus sampling
B) amniocentesis
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A person standing in one of the aisles caught his eye. He was amazed at the beauty of this person and tried to take in as many details as he could without staring. He wanted to remember everything he saw just in case he couldn't conjure up the courage to say hello this time. In which of the following psychological processes was Fredrico engaging? a) social perceptual accuracy b) the halo effect c) the actor-observer effect d) social cognition
According to Lawrence Kolhberg's stages of moral reasoning, which of following statements would an individual most likely support when the individual is at the conventional level of moral reasoning?
A. Judgments should be based on personal needs. B. Ends justify the means. C. Judgments are not based on the needs of society. D. Rules are rules and they are not to be broken.
If you were an authoritative parent, how would you handle a child who only wanted to eat a banana split for dinner?
A. "It would be much better to eat a healthy dinner first and have a banana split for dessert, if you are not full." B. "Great, let's go for it!" C. "Absolutely not, under no circumstance will I allow that!" D. "Whatever, I don't care."
Our ability to think rationally about information within our cognitive limitations is known as ________________
a. conscious processing c. executive functioning b. counterfactual thinking d. bounded rationality