Lauren has Prader-Willi syndrome, a disorder that is characterized by obesity, intense hunger, short stature, motor slowness, and intellectual impairment. According to the concept of genomic imprinting, Lauren inherited this disorder from her ______.
A. mother
B. father
C. maternal grandmother
D. paternal grandfather
Answer: B
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c. is not considered important in the area of environmental psychology. d. can be safely ignored when no identifying information about the participants is recorded.
An instructor counts how many women and men there are in the class and transforms the numbers into percent. The calculator reads 75.757575% women and 24.242424% men. These final answers should be rounded to
a. 75.75% and 24.24% c. 75.7% and 24.2% b. 75.76% and 24.24% d. 75.758% and 24.242%
Another name for a "fuzzy" concept is a(n)
a. prototype. b. schema. c. heuristic. d. algorithm. e. natural concept.
Sally unexpectedly runs into her sister with her 3-month-old nephew at the grocery store
She immediately begins to speak to her nephew in a high pitched, sing-songy voice, saying, "You are getting to be such a big boy!" What technique is Sally using that is seen throughout the world when talking to infants? a. Expansion b. Recasting c. Infant-directed speech d. Adult-directed speech