What best describes the potential role of telomeres in the aging process?

a. They are the packets of fuel that feed each cell
b. They are "glue" that binds together the base pairs of DNA molecules.
c. They are a portion of a chromosome that gets shorter until DNA replication is no longer possible.
d. They are the scrubber cells that clear all debris from our arteries.


c

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Hans Eysenck believed that ____

a. ?introverts have inherited a higher than average level of physical arousal b. ?personality traits such as introversion are learned from the environment c. ?introversion is one of 10 different personality traits that can be used to describe people d. ?introverts have a healthier personality than extraverts

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In his investigation designed to examine the effects of labeling people as "abnormal," David Rosenhan and seven other sane people gained admission to psychiatric hospitals by pretending to have hallucinations

Once these "pseudopatients" were admitted, all of the following happened EXCEPT that a. they were diagnosed as either paranoid schizophrenic or manic depressive. b. they behaved in a normal fashion in every way. c. they were immediately discharged and the psychiatrists acknowledged their mistakes. d. not one of the pseudopatients was identified by the professionals as sane.

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At the very back of the cerebrum, the _____ lobe contains the primary _____ cortex

a) occipital; visual b) parietal; sensory c) auditory; temporal d) limbic; emotional

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Why are African American women disproportionately likely to be never-married parents? How many of them eventually marry?

What will be an ideal response?

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