What is thought to explain the delayed onset of schizophrenia in women?
What will be an ideal response?
While the average age of onset of schizophrenia for males is 25, for women it is 29. There is some reason to believe that estrogen may serve to protect the female brain. It has been observed that women with schizophrenia experience more psychotic symptoms when estrogen levels are low or dropping, consistent with this hypothesis.
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In the revised James-Lange theory of emotion, what occurs first?
a. cognitive appraisal b. actions c. physiological changes d. feeling
Prenatal screening can only identify common chromosomal disorders, such as Down syndrome, and present considerable risk to the developing fetus.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Thirteen-year-old Juan has had his first ejaculation. This is
a. a sign of complete sexual maturation. b. called spermarche. c. this is a clear-cut marker of the onset of sexual maturity. d. called menarche.
Inclusive-fitness theory predicts that, all other things being equal, the greater _______ between the child and the investor, the more care that individual should devote to the child
a. the physical similarity c. the similarity of personalities b. the closeness of the relationship d. the genetic similarity