Jack, Jim, and Justin all have intellectual disabilities. Jack's mother was a chronic alcoholic. Jim's mother beat him on the head repeatedly when he was an infant. Justin was born prematurely and suffered from a lack of oxygen at birth. The cause of intellectual disabilities for all three boys is due to ____
a. organic factors
b. nongenetic biological factors
c. genetic factors
d. environmental factors
b
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A) Vesicles B) Receptors C) Neurotransmitters D) Glia
Some people have used the proven genetic basis of intelligence to argue against strenuous educational efforts on behalf of individuals with below average IQs
Does this viewpoint make sense based on what you have learned about heredity and environment? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response?
The researcher Robert Fantz discovered that
a) newborn infants prefer to look at simple stimuli rather than complex stimuli. b) when given a choice of visual stimuli, newborn infants do not show a preference. c) newborn infants prefer to look at complex stimuli rather than simple stimuli. d) newborn infants are too young to concentrate on visual stimuli; therefore, it is impossible to measure their preference.
Celebrity stalkers who are diagnosed with delusional disorder often experience delusions with a/an ____________ theme
A) grandiose B) erotomanic C) jealous D) persecutory