What is sex chromosomes aneuploidy, and why is it important for understanding sexuality and gender?

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Aneuploidy is a type of genetic abnormality when a person has more or less than the standard 46 genes. It can be related to sex chromosomes, resulting in combinations such as X, XYY, XXX, and more. These abnormalities are rare, approximately present in 0.3% of the population, and therefore, they are not suitable to explain the entire variance of gender and sexuality. They are usually related to anatomic anomalies and mental disorders, which makes them important in understanding the role of genetic factors (in this case, sex chromosomes) to anatomy, behavior, gender, and sexuality.

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The concept that scores on the dependent variable fall within a normal distribution for each of the possible combinations of the X variables is known as

a) Independence b) Linearity c) Homoscedacity d) Normality

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__________ occurs when counselors make meaning out of the information gathered

a. Assessment b. Diagnosis c. Case conceptualization d. Treatment planning

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Hospital settings today

a. handle primarily severe psychiatric conditions. b. extend their services into community settings. c. are dominated by psychiatrists. d. are not a viable employment option for professional counselors.

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The person credited with launching the testing movement is:

A) ?Frank Parsons. B) ?Sir Francis Galton. C) ?Binet. D) ?Thurstone.

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