What are some common environmental teratogens and their potential consequences?

What will be an ideal response?


A good answer will include the following key points:
+ Lead: Developmental disabilities
+ Mercury: Retarded growth, developmental disabilities, and cerebral palsy.
+ PCBs: Impaired memory and verbal skill.
+ X-rays: Retarded growth, leukemia, and mental retardation.

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Harrison is going on a blind date with Nancy. He knows a limited amount about her, including her IQ. She has an IQ of 100. What does that tell Harrison about Nancy?

A. She is a very creative person. B. Nancy has average cognitive abilities. C. Nancy can be a very compassionate person, and she is sensitive to the needs of others. D. She is a strong-willed, but emotional person.

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A positive sexual relationship can

a. be a shared pleasure. b. be a haven from everyday tensions. c. enhance a couple's mutual understanding and caring. d. do all of these.

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One way of looking at shifts from preconventional to conventional to postconventional levels of reasoning is to see them as a process of _________, a movement outward from the self

a. accommodation b. decentering c. coming to an evolutionary truce d. postformal thinking

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____ of 18- to 30-year-old Americans support homosexual marriage, compared to only ____ of persons 65 and older

a. 55%;25% b. 66%;35% c. 77%;45% d. 88%;55%

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