Ova, or female eggs, and male sperm are considered __________.
A. primary sex characteristics
B. secondary sex characteristics
C. tertiary sex characteristics
D. gender-determining characteristics
Answer: A
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The Beng people of the Ivory Coast, Africa, are traditionally very open and welcoming with strangers. How does this affect the rate of stranger anxiety among their infants at 6 to 9 months of age?
A. Their infants tend to develop stranger anxiety at a younger age, typically 3 to 6 months. B. Their infants exhibit a higher rate of distress around familiar faces then around strangers. C. Their infants typically do not show much stranger anxiety. D. Their infants show a much higher rate of stranger anxiety than do infants in Western cultures.
Michael and Michelle are adolescent siblings who share the same birth date. Michael received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. On the other hand, Michelle shows no signs of mood disturbance. In this example:
A. Michael and Michelle are most likely monozygotic twins, but Michael is genetically predisposed to develop a mood disorder. B. Michael and Michelle are most likely dizygotic twins, but Michelle did not develop the disorder because the concordance rate for dizygotic twins is usually low. C. Michael and Michelle are most likely monozygotic twins, but Michelle did not develop the disorder because she has a higher tolerance for stress. D. Michael and Michelle are most likely dizygotic twins, but Michael developed the disorder because he modeled behaviors of other family members.
Programs that are designed to educate patients and family members about a specific mental disorder in order to help alleviate stress and identify positive coping skills are called __________
A) cognitive-behavioral therapy B) dialectal-behavioral therapy C) life skills education D) psychoeducation
A physician places a man’s sperm directly into a woman’s vagina. This method of fertilization is known as __________
a) natural insemination b) artificial insemination c) surrogate fertilization d) in vitro fertilization