Vanessa, who is seven months pregnant, just found out that her son has spina bifida. Vanessa opts to undergo fetal surgery to have her son's spinal cord repaired. This advanced form of surgery is part of a whole new field called
a. fetal medicine. c. chorionic villus sampling.
b. genetic engineering. d. social selection.
a
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Define the ethical principle of informed consent and explain how that is a concern in both Albert Ax's study and modern gene-editing research.
What will be an ideal response?
Sharon and Peggy were talking about what they did over the weekend
Peggy told Sharon all about the concert she attended. As she was giving Peggy the details, she realized she could not remember the name of the group who performed. She could easily tell Sharon other songs they sang and even described what they looked like. However, Peggy could not seem to remember the name of the group at the moment. What did Peggy just experience? a) consolidation failure b) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon c) encoding failure d) anterograde amnesia
When people adjust their thinking to match the standard that has been set by a group, even when there is no direct or overt pressure to make that adjustment, they are demonstrating __________
a. pressure b. conformity c. persuasion d. social influence.
From third to sixth grade, boys tend to __________ their identification with "masculine" personality traits, whereas girls' identification with "feminine" personality traits __________
A) strengthen; declines B) weaken; strengthens C) steadily maintain; accelerates over time D) weaken; remains steady