What infrequently used test is most often performed between the 8th and 11th week of pregnancy but produces a risk of miscarriage of 1 in 100 to 1 in 200 pregnancies?
a) amniocentesis
b) ultrasound sonography
c) chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
d) first-trimester screen
c
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A neurotransmitter is released into a synapse, but it has no effect on a neighboring neuron. Which statement best accounts for the unresponsiveness of the neighboring neuron??
a. ?The neighboring neuron does not contain any neurotransmitters of its own. b. ?The neighboring neuron’s vesicles are defective. c. ?The neighboring neuron has an outer membrane. d. ?The neighboring neuron’s receptors do not accept this type of neurotransmitter.
In regard to the theory of stress described in the module, "There is nothing neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so" describes the importance of:
a. logical thinking c. appraisal b. primary metacognition d. neologistic thinking
According to the authors of your text, the hindsight bias is
a. the tendency for people to exaggerate how much they could have predicted an outcome after knowing that it occurred. b. the level of agreement between two or more people who independently observe and code a set of data. c. a form of the observational method in which the researcher examines the accumulated documents of a culture. d. the extent to which results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.
According to the authors of your text, one major problem with preparing excuses in advance of possible failure is that
a. we may come to believe those excuses and exert less effort to succeed. b. others may believe our excuses and make us the object of pity. c. an excess of excuses can lead to negative attributions of irresponsibility. d. when people believe our excuses, we overestimate our abilities.