Sex differences in what brain structure may play a role in developing certain externalizing disorders? Identify the region and explain why it may have such an impact.
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The prefrontal cortex may play a role in sex differences in the development of externalizing conditions. It may be affected by prenatal testosterone exposure where greater exposure predicts lower PFC volume among young boys. It also develops more slowly in boys than in girls. Decreased PFC volume in turn correlates with vulnerability to externalizing disorders such as ADHd.
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a. asceticism. b. mysticism. c. secularism. d. heathenism. e. paganism.
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a. the granting of religious freedom b. liberal suffrage requirements c. a system of land grants d. payment of passage by the company e. impressment
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Regarding scandals surrounding President Bill Clinton,
A. Clinton admitted to corruption during his first weeks in office. B. charges of impropriety had existed throughout his time in office. C. the Lewinsky affair marked the first in a series of scandals to plague the president. D. few charges of impropriety were leveled at the president until his 1996 reelection. E. the public seemed ready to condemn Clinton based on his previous reputation when allegations of sexual impropriety were leveled against him.