The human genome project, completed in 2003, was conceived to accomplish which of the following goals?
a. To isolate those genes in the human body that are no longer evolutionarily useful to human beings
b. To map all of the genes in the human body.
c. To determine the exact mechanism by which genes come together to construct DNA.
d. To create a genetically-based cure for cancer based on the genetic mutations that cause tumors.
Answer: B
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a. Nonassertive behavior is self-enhancing and maintains one's self-respect. b. Nonassertive behavior often leads to the receiver feeling sympathy, guilt, or contempt for the nonassertive person. c. Nonassertive behavior often achieves the goals intended. d. Nonassertive behavior is characterized by all of these statements.
Which of the following procedures or techniques requires little or no active deception?
A) the use of a cover story B) the use of a confederate C) the use of unobtrusive observations D) the use of a bogus pipeline
The SAT, the ACT and the GRE are all types of __________
a) aptitude tests. b) intelligence tests. c) personality inventories. d) behavioral tests.
At birth the size of an infant's brain is ____% of an adult's brain and by age 2 it is ____% of an adult's brain
a. 5%; 50% b. 15%; 60% c. 25%; 70% d. 35%; 80%