All of the following are true about congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) EXCEPT:
a. Even though the body produces excessive amounts of androgens, there is often little effect on a developing male fetus.
b. Girls may be born with masculinized external genitalia which can be corrected with surgery
c. Most individuals with CAH are not diagnosed until later in life.
d. In girls with CAH, there seems to be an impact on childhood play and sexual orientation.
c
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a. portraying children as passive participants in the developmental process. b. overemphasizing the role of biological factors. c. placing too little emphasis on the role of differential reinforcement. d. denying the role that the media (e.g., television) play in promoting gender typing.
Biological predispositions toward sexual hyper-arousal and low self-regulation may interact with to produce paraphilia
a. excessive fantasy activity b. key environmental variables c. an inappropriate pleasure pairing d. a sense of narcissism
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The amygdala is involved in the consolidation of emotional memories 2. Neurotransmission, or communication among neurons, is analogous to you sending a toy boat across a river to your friend on the other side 3. Neurotransmission between two neurons physically changes the synapse, or space between these neurons 4. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize by demonstrating long-term memory in the Aplysia, a one-celled organism 5. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves the growth of new synaptic connections among neurons
Infants have unimodal perception in that they use one sense at a time
Indicate whether the statement is true or false