More diseases cause people to be more ________________, especially toward people who look different, as if the body automatically suspects strange-looking people of carrying illness
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
prejudiced
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The early 20th-century American government policy of sterilizing mentally retarded females is an example of ____
a. artificial selection b. eugenics c. product-moment correlations d. Darwin's theory of evolution e. natural selection
Some of the most recent research studies regarding genetic versus environmental causes of disorders in animals and humans have suggested a. genetic influences are greater for animals than for humans because humans learn more from their environments. b. genetics and the environment share equal roles in the development of all psychological traits
c. genetic influences may have been understated by previous. d. genetic influences may have been overstated by previous studies.
Recognition of an angry expression is faster when the face is directed ____, and a fearful expression is faster if it is directed ____.
A. toward you; to the side B. to the side; toward you C. toward you; toward you D. to the side; to the side
Dr. Cho wants to know if differences in the growth rate of fish are based on genetics or the environment. He buys two fish. Fish 1 is fed every day, while fish 2 is fed every other day. At the end of a month, fish 1 is nearly 15 percent larger than fish 2
A) Environmental changes can account for all the differences in growth rate. B) Genetic influences must account for a majority of the differences in growth rate. C) Environmental conditions were more favorable for fish 2. D) Differences in growth rate cannot be determined by this simple experiment.