__________ is one of the few serious inherited disorders caused by a dominant allele
a. Sickle-cell disease c. Turner's syndrome
b. Phenylketonuria d. Huntington's disease
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Dr. Myerson, a noted authority on autism, argues that science is getting closer to understanding the cause of the disorder. Which of the following suspected causes is among the most promising?
A. unconscious conflicts B. parenting styles C. genetic links D. childhood vaccinations
Which of the following has the most critical influence on the development of postformal cognition?
A. education level B. culture C. social interaction D. age
Recall that a nursing home director in Connecticut cooperated with researchers Langer and Rodin (1976)
To some residents he gave a speech that included such statements as "You have the responsibility of caring for yourselves, of deciding whether or not you want to make this a home...." and "You should be deciding how you want your rooms to be arranged...how you want to spend your time...." To others he said that there would be movie nights and plants for them that the nurses would care for. The researchers then kept track of health problems and deaths of all the residents. What was the independent variable of this research? a. the health of the residents b. the control they were given c. the nurses who took care of the plants d. the movies that residents attended
Hans Selye found that the body produced a _______________ in response to stress, responding similarly to a variety of different stressors such as heat, cold, pain, and noise.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).