Imelda recently received a liver transplant due to a congenital problem with her own liver. All was going well until her body started attacking the transplanted cells. Even though she was given anti-rejection medications,
the __________ in her body thought that the new organ was a foreign invader, and thus went about attacking and destroying the new organ. Clearly, Imelda now has a very serious health issue that could be lethal.
a. basophils
b. histamines
c. T lymphocytes
d. B lymphocytes
Answer: C
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a. eclectic b. outcome based c. evidence-based d. epidemiological
Which of the following would NOT be a part of self-regulated learning?
a. monitoring your progress b. making daily, weekly, and monthly plans for learning c. being your own teacher and rewarding yourself d. outlining chapters and recopying one's notes
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a. systematic desensitization. b. vicarious conditioning. c. spontaneous recovery. d. modeling.
Cluster sampling involves
a. creating subgroups based on characteristics of interest like age, sex, or attitudes and selecting randomly from each of these groups. b. sampling from among students in particular classes, like introductory psychology. c. identifying a few individuals who serve as participants and who then identify other possible participants. d. identifying subgroups in your population and then randomly selecting the subgroups that you will use in your research.