Substances capable of causing birth defects are known as

a. carcinogens.
b. teratogens.
c. chorions.
d. antigens.


ANSWER: b

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Ernesto is a Mexican American father who has nontraditional ideas about gender roles. He is playing with his daughter, using a toy stove and toy food. Based on the discussion in Chapter 3, you would expect to see that

a. Ernesto would try to guide his daughter toward a game with which he feels more comfortable. b. Ernesto would interact passively with his daughter, only talking when she asks him questions. c. Ernesto would ask good questions and actively play with his daughter. d. Ernesto would play the role of a father who is being served a meal, but he would not participate in cooking.

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Social neuroscience is best described as the study of the

a. evolution of the brain. b. interplay between genes and the environment. c. social functioning of neurons. d. interaction of social and neural processes.

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By using __________ assignment of participants to treatment conditions, investigators increase the chances that participants’ characteristics will be equally distributed across treatment groups

A) sequential B) random C) systematic D) correlational

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According to Jung, the social roles we play in our daily lives are forms of the:

a. persona b. animus c. anima d. shadow

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