Intellectual disability has been associated with several recessive gene pairings. One causes an absence of or an extreme deficiency in phenylalanine hydroxylase, an enzyme that metabolizes phenylalanine. The acronym (initials) for this disorder are

Answer:


PKU

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a. structure b. hiring practices c. atmosphere d. policies

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According to Cannon's fight or flight theory of stress, the _________system is activated

a. HPA c. GAS b. SAM d. SNS

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Teachers in a school are interested in finding a psychological test that predicts future achievement. Which statement best reflects what is known about the existence of such a test? a. Few psychologists believe that there is a test that can do what the teachers want

b. Projective tests do a good job of predicting achievement; IQ tests predict social competence. c. There is debate about whether IQ tests can predict achievement. d. There is no doubt that IQ tests can predict achievement.

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Imagine that anthropologists found a culture that had over 80 different words for rice. If researchers also found that the people in this culture thought about and perceived rice in different and more elaborate ways than people who have only one word for rice, it would:

a. support the prototype theory of categorization b. support the linguistic relativity hypothesis c. provide evidence that the exemplar theory of categorization is incorrect d. provide evidence that the linguistic relativity hypothesis is incorrect

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