Under the principle of fetal programming, if a woman is regularly exposed to a teratogen while pregnant, one of her child's genes ________.
A. will not migrate to its proper location
B. will not turn on to perform a key function
C. will be too thin to adequately protect neurons
D. will mutate and spur serious physical defects
Answer: B
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Which of the following is a hypothesis discussed in your textbook to explain the relative satisfaction maximizers tend to get from their decisions compared to satisficers?
A) Maximizers invest more in their decisions, so they expect more from the outcomes. B) Maximizers are natural optimists, so they always see the best in everything. C) Maximizers tend to display belief perseverance, and ignore evidence that conflicts with their expectations. D) Maximizers prefer to have fewer choices, which makes it unlikely that the final choice will be "just right."
In problem solving, the ________ refers to the incomplete information or unsatisfactory conditions you start with, and the ________ refers to the information or state of the world you hope to obtain
a. set of operations; goal state b. initial state; goal state c. goal state; set of operations d. set of operations; initial state
In the spinal cord:
a. The white matter consists of sensory tracts while the gray matter consists of motor tracts b. The white matter consists of both sensory and motor tracts c. The white matter consists of motor tracts while the gray matter consists of sensory tracts d. None of the above
Canadian researchers Lambe and associates found in a recent study of participants with anorexia nervosa that _________ were restored after recover although ________ were not
a) white-matter volumes; grey-matter volumes b) grey-matter volumes; white-matter volumes c) both white- and grey-matter volumes were restored d) neither white- nor grey-matter volumes were restored