Why do children with PKU develop intellectual disabilities?

a. Unmetabolized amino acids accumulate and affect the brain

b. Essential axons lack myelin sheaths.
c. Dendrites and synapses fail to form in associative areas of the cortex.
d. Their immune systems do not fight off brain infections.


a

Psychology

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a. the wording affected the participants' memory for the accident. b. the wording did not affect the participants' memory for the accident. c. witnesses often store multiple, contradictory memories for a single event. d. most eyewitness errors have to do with problems that arise during encoding.

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The brain and the spinal cord make up the _____, which controls and commands bodily functions

A) peripheral nervous system B) somatic nervous system C) central nervous system D) autonomic nervous system

Psychology

A property that can be haptically perceived is

A. texture B. hardness C. shape D. texture, hardness, AND shape

Psychology

Retribution is consistent with:

A. social contract theory. B. universalism. C. utilitarianism. D. ethics of care.

Psychology