Which of the following best describes the results of the Autism Genome Project?
a. The majority of children with ASD have deletions or duplications of genetic material on specific chromosomes.
b. The majority of children with ASD have a genetic abnormality or mutation on a single portion of one gene.
c. The majority of children with ASD show the absence of neurexin 1, which produces proteins important to early brain development.
d. The majority of children with ASD have causes that have not yet been explained.
d. The majority of children with ASD have causes that have not yet been explained.
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appear to be related to eating behavior as a result of controlling the level of glucose in the body are called the ________ and the ________. a) ventromedial hypothalamus; lateral hypothalamus b) lateral hypothalamus; basal hypothalamus c) basal hypothalamus; ventrolateral hypothalamus d) none of the above
In order that the scores will be unaffected by the biases of the test examiner, the questions, administration, and scoring of a personality questionnaire are
a. projective. b. situationally-tested. c. subjective and unstructured. d. standardized.
One of the effects of moderate drinking is
a reduction in coronary heart disease. increased risk of breast cancer. increased risk of liver disease. premature death.
The beginning of the modern death awareness movement involved
a. new programs of care for the dying b. research on attitudes toward death c. new ways of assisting bereaved persons d. all of these e. none of these