Suppose a particular couple has a 50/50 chance of having a child with a lifelong, painful disease that will require expensive medical care. Who makes the decision about whether the couple tries to conceive?
the couple
their genetic counselor
their doctor
a judge
the couple
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Spencer would find the U.S. welfare, affirmative action, and social security programs to be antithetical (opposing) to social Darwinism
a. True b. False
Aaron is against abortion because he feels life is sacred in any form, and the taking of life is morally wrong, despite the fact that the law allows abortion. Aaron is operating at which level of moral development?
a. preconventional c. anticonventional b. conventional d. postconventional
Studies of patients diagnosed with several types of disease, including AIDS and cancer, suggest that _______
a. those who express a lot of hostility and anger die sooner b. those who express little hostility or anger die sooner c. "good patients" who do what they are told by physicians survive longer d. there is no consistent link between personality and length of survival
In one obesity intervention program, where both parents and children revised eating patterns and exercised daily,
A) the more weight parents lost, the more their children lost. B) adults maintained their weight loss more effectively than children. C) parents tended to undermine their children's progress. D) follow-up research showed little weight-loss maintenance.