According to the article Chip Off the Old Block which discussed genetics and the Colorado Adoption Project, the SES of the biological parents placing their children up for adoption was lower than the adoptive parents because:
(a) these biological parents were from poor families and had, themselves, been raised on welfare
(b) their newborns had cost so much money already that they were financially depleted
(c) child support payments had not yet started to the adoptive mothers
(d) biological parents were largely young people
D
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a. baseline data limitations. c. antecedents. b. the challenge of self-control. d. increased response strength.
Professor Cook is lecturing on the importance of the myelin sheath. He told that class that _____.
A. myelin is the only structure that can prevent action potentials from traveling the wrong direction. B. the fatty nature of the myelin speeds up the action potential down the length of the axon C. the fatty nature of myelin provide storage for key nutrients for the neuron D. myelin increases the strength of the action potential
How do genes impact an individual's traits and behaviors?
a. Genes are made of DNA, so they determine our lifelong phenotypes. b. Genes contain the recipes for the different types of proteins that are constructed in the body. c. Genes determine how many chromosomes we have. d. Genes are responsible for helping to construct amino acids.
After Amber saw her parents punish her older sister for using profanity, Amber became less likely to use profanity. This is an example of
a. reinforcement. c. counterimitation. b. a negative reinforcement trap. d. time-out.