Biological differences in brain regions involved in reading differ for boys and girls may lead to gender differences in verbal ability
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Which of the following is considered one of Piaget's contributions to understanding infant cognition?
a. Infants are able to create and manipulate symbols. b. For infants, most thinking is unconscious. c. Infants have the same capacity for abstract reasoning as adolescents. d. Infants establish logical connections.
Sarin gas is a type of organophosphate. It was released in a Tokyo subway in 1995 by a religious sect, killing 12 people. Organophosphates are dangerous because they a. prevent the reuptake of acetylcholine (ACh), reducing the amount available for subsequent signaling. b. stimulate an larger than normal release of acetylcholine (ACh), leading to convulsions and death
c. interfere with acetylcholinesterase (AChE), allowing acetylcholine (ACh) to overstimulate muscle fibers. d. occupy receptor sites for acetylcholine (ACh), preventing further signaling and paralyzing muscles.
Human beings have ______ chromosomes in normal developmental cases
a) 13 b) 23 c) 32 d) 46
Generalizing from research cited in the text, if Tom was 12 years old and was still having frequent temper tantrums, as an adult you would expect that he would be at higher than normal risk for:
a. getting divorced b. being elected to public office c. marrying a younger woman d. marrying an older woman