Deficits in implicit learning have been linked to:
A) autism.
B) amnesia.
C) dyslexia.
D) schizophrenia.
C) dyslexia.
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The lifetime prevalence of alcoholism among families of alcoholics is higher than in the general population, by a factor of about
a. 2. b. 3 to 5. c. 10 to15. d. 20.
Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are also known as synthetic ____
a. estrogen c. androgen b. acrosome d. testosterone
Judy DeLoache found that three-year-olds were better than two-year-olds at using a scale model of a room to help locate a hidden toy in the real room. After conducting a memory test in which the children had to go back to the scale model to find the toy there, DeLoache concluded that
a. memory problems for the two-year-olds provided a sufficient explanation of her findings. b. the three-year-olds had better mental representational ability than the two-year-olds. c. the three-year-olds were better planners than the two-year-olds. d. the three-year-olds had longer attention spans than the two-year-olds.
Arthur is a scientist who works for a large drug company exploring ways to prevent Down syndrome in developing fetuses. He decides that the most effective way to reduce rates of this disorder is to develop a drug that slows aging in women planning to become pregnant. Is this approach likely to be effective?
A. No, because this will not change the amount of harmful environmental influences the woman is exposed to over her lifetime. B. No, because Down syndrome is primarily caused by an error in the male's sperm and not the woman's egg. C. Yes, because Down syndrome does not affect the fetuses of women who become pregnant before age 25. D. Yes, because reducing maternal age will guarantee that no genetic abnormalities will affect the developing fetus.