Describe why in vitro fertilization and eugenics represent controversial issues in human development
What will be an ideal response?
In vitro fertilization involves conception outside of the body (e.g., in a Petri dish). Ethical concerns include a parent's right to select specific traits and the high costs, which tend to not be covered by insurance. An additional concern is the question of who should be able to use these technologies, and should any restrictions exist? Additionally, students might discuss the fact that health insurance often does not pay for such treatments, and comment on the advisability of such policies.
Eugenics is an effort to improve humans by allowing only certain individuals to mate and pass along genes. Clearly there are several sociopolitical problems with such an effort. Astute students might link historical events such as the holocaust and its "ethnic cleansing" efforts to eugenics. Other historical events would also be appropriate to discuss.
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Which of the following is FALSE?
a. Treatment seeking varies by ethnicity. b. European-Americans have been found to use lay-referral systems more than non-European Americans c. The nature and quality of symptoms serve as triggers to seek treatment. d. Women use health services at a significantly higher rate than do men..
Which one of the following questions is concerned with construct validity?
a. Do the results support the researcher's hypothesis? b. Do the results support the theory behind the research? c. Are there alternative variables that can be ruled out as potential causes of the behavior or interest? d. Are the measuring instruments free of error?
The correct order of Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning is:
a. preconventional, conventional, and postconventional b. preconversational, conversational, and postconversational c. sensorimotor, concrete, and formal d. primary, secondary, and tertiary