Genetic influences on eating disorders most likely involve
a. a specific gene for each actual eating disorder
b. an inherited personality tendency that may make development of an eating disorder more likely.
c. multiple genes interacting in ways not yet determined and that directly produce eating disordered behavior.
d. recessive genes.
b
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Research on educational philosophies indicates that
A) constructivist classrooms tend to undermine academic motivation and achievement, especially in low-SES children. B) children in constructivist classrooms have a slight edge in academic achievement over those in traditional classrooms. C) constructivist classrooms are associated with gains in critical thinking and greater social and moral maturity. D) constructivist classrooms rely on passive student listening and completion of teacher-assigned tasks.
If a child inherits similar genes from each parent, he or she is said to be __________ for the trait
a) homozygous b) heterozygous c) genus d) phyla
In counting, ________ means that the last number counted represents the quantity of the set
a. cardinality b. the stable order principle c. extending number patterns d. the one-to-one principle
In the context of long-term memory, ________ is defined as a kind of memory made up of implicit knowledge for almost any behavior or physical skill we have learned.
A. explicit memory B. semantic memory C. procedural memory D. episodic memory