The Sry gene on the Y sex chromosome triggers the synthesis of
A) testosterone.
B) the Müllerian system.
C) the primordial gonads.
D) Sry protein.
E) estradiol.
Answer: D
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a. Cognitive therapy techniques are based on the view that distorted ways of thinking underlie emotional problems. b. Cognitive therapies are relatively brief forms of treatment. c. Cognitive therapies focus more on what is happening in the present than on what happened in the past. d. Clients are given "homework assignments" in cognitive therapy. e. Cognitive therapists believe that emotional problems are caused by negative events and life experiences.
A "sleeper effect" is said to occur when a teratogen
a. causes children to be born in a comatose state. b. affects development in some but not all embryos. c. damages the nervous system to produce unusual sleep patterns in the newborn. d. causes developmental problems later in childhood.
Which of the following is a respondent behavior?
a. Matt thinks, "This is fun." b. Jessica blinks when the dust hits her eye. c. Christian stops at the stop sign. d. Belle is shy.
Tonya is pregnant for a second time. She hopes to have a natural labor, though her first delivery was cesarean. You should advise Tonya that
A) she will be required to have a second cesarean delivery. B) a natural labor after a cesarean is associated with increased rates of maternal death. C) a natural labor after a cesarean is just as safe as a repeated cesarean delivery. D) a natural labor after a cesarean is associated with slightly increased rates of rupture of the uterus.