Adoption agencies try to ensure a good fit by
A) placing children in affluent homes.
B) seeking parents of the same ethnic and religious background of the child.
C) allowing the biological parents to select an adoptive family for their child.
D) seeking parents with at least two biological children.
B
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Because Joan suffers from depression, Dr. Adler has prescribed a medication that alters sensitivity and receptivity to ____ at the receptor sites in her brain. For Justin, who suffers from anxiety, Dr. Adler prescribes a drug that affects receptor reactivity to ____
a. serotonin; GABA b. GABA; serotonin c. dopamine; acetylcholine d. acetylcholine; dopamine
Phenotype is the expression of genotype and is determined according to three basic patterns: dominance, codominance, and genetic imprinting. Define each pattern, and give an example trait for each
What will be an ideal response?
The correlation between birth weight and the likelihood of infant death is
a. positive; heavier babies have greatest death risk. b. nonexistent; birth weight is unrelated to death risk. c. negative; the lightest babies have the greatest death risk. d. unknown for human infants.
A newborn's brain weight is ______ that of an adult's
greater than the same as about one-half about one-quarter