What evidence shows that handedness is not genetically determined?

What will be an ideal response?


Identical twins are genetically identical but they tend to use opposite hands. This may be due to how they are positioned in the womb.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions of personality in the Big Five theory?

  a.  openness to experience   b.  agreeableness   c.  conscientiousness   d.  extraversion   e.  assertiveness

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Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a developmental task of later adulthood?

a. Promoting intellectual vigor b. Developing a point of view about death c. Managing a career d. Accepting one's life

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According to the behaviorists, early childhood is a time of urgent drives, crushing frustrations, and

a. powerful psychosexual urges and fixations. b. incongruence and conditions of worth. c. the child's identification with the same-sex parent in order to resolve the conflicts of the phallic stage. d. powerful punishments and rewards, including social reinforcement.

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Which of the following statements is characteristic of the memory of older adults?

The spelling of older adults is better than their speech. Older adults are better at recall than recognition. Older adults are less likely to have tip-of-the-tongue forgetfulness. Older adults are better at recognition than recall.

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