The idea that we ought to control who has children in order to eliminate stupidity and other undesirable traits is called

A) genetic determinism.
B) preformationism.
C) eugenics.
D) natural selection.


C

Psychology

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It has been estimated that around 12% of children are seriously depressed in any given year.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following refers to our emotions about a given group and how we feel about them?

A. adaptive categorization B. prejudices C. stereotypes D. discrimination

Psychology

Which stage of prenatal development formally starts when the differentiation of the major organs has occurred?

A. fetal B. embryonic C. germinal D. tonsorial

Psychology

If a research article reports that "The mean performance scores for the Normal Sleep, Reduced Sleep, and No Sleep groups were 18.0, 16.6, and 15.6, respectively, F(2, 36 ) = 2.95, p< .05," the most accurate conclusion is that

A) people who get no sleep perform significantly worse than people who sleep a reduced amount. B) people who get no sleep perform significantly better than people who sleep a normal amount. C) the three groups do not all come from populations with the same mean, although it is not clear which population means are different. D) conclusions about the relationship between amount of sleep and performance cannot be drawn from these results.

Psychology