To discover whether residents of a city are in favor of building a new sports stadium, the team's owner randomly selected and interviewed 500 of the city's 500,000 residents. In this instance, the 500 people that the owner interviewed would be
a. a biased sample.
b. a population.
c. the dependent variable.
d. a representative sample.
D
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A. biopsychosocial B. biomedical C. sociological D. physiological
What structure provides nutrients from the mother to the fetus, takes waste products away from the fetus, and protects the fetus from bacteria and waste in the mother's blood?
a. the placenta b. the umbilical cord c. the amnion d. the germinal structure
Any device, such as a wire, needle, or metal plate, used to electrically stimulate or destroy nerve tissue or to record its activity is called a(n)
a. electrode. b. inductor. c. neuralizer. d. telemetry instrument.
Discuss why and how both biological and psychological processes develop and change over one's life span.
What will be an ideal response?