Give two specific examples of the role of genetics on development.
What will be an ideal response?
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What term is used to describe patients who feel no joy or excitement, even while doing things they formerly enjoyed?
a. anhedonia b. blunted affect c. affective disorder d. inappropriate affect
In his study of American cities, Professor Smith finds a strong positive correlation between the number of preschools and the number of bars. What is the most likely explanation of this relationship?
a. Parents of small children need to take an occasional break. b. The relationship is due to a third variable, population size. c. Confounding variables explain the relationship. d. People who regularly frequent bars often meet their life partner and procreate.
Nature and nurture interact. Which of the following best illustrates that interaction?
a. Early in life, maturation determines motor development. b. There is a predictable order to developmental norms for motor development. c. Infants need environmental stimulation for proper motor development. d. Motor development follows cephalocaudal and proximodistal principles.
When a zygote has an abnormal number of chromosomes, it usually does not begin to develop
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.