In "broken heart syndrome," ______
a. sudden surges in cholesterol rapidly clog previously healthy arteries leading to sudden
death
b. the person's brain unconsciously "wills" the heart and lungs to stop working
c. stress hormones "stun" the heart, preventing it from pumping normally
d. people's blood pressure skyrockets, causing sudden, massive, and usually fatal strokes
C
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What methods were used by Bouchard and Lykken to study the impact of genes and environment on psychological characteristics?
A. They studied siblings raised in the same home and looked for common characteristics. B. They studied adopted children raised in the same home and looked for common characteristics. C. They studied identical twins raised in different environments and looked for common characteristics. D. They studied good friends who shared a mostly common environment and looked for common characteristics.
Provide an overview of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and note the current recommendations to minimize the risk of SIDS
What will be an ideal response?
George does not know very many people who have died and has a relative lack of interest in death-related issues; therefore, he brushes aside thoughts of death. He is most likely
A) a child. B) in early adulthood. C) a middle-aged adult. D) an older adult.
Growing infants influence their parents' behavior at the same time they are changed by it. This illustrates
a. reciprocal influences. b. the secular trend in behavior. c. genetic predispositions. d. the zone of proximal development.