What is the heritability of depression?

A. 0% (not heritable at all)
B. 10-20%
C. 30-40%
D. 70%


C. 30-40%

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Even though more than 2.3 percent of people have IQs below the 70 cutoff, only about 1 percent of the population has an intellectual disability. The prevalence of intellectual disability is lower than the prevalence of low IQs because

a. IQ tests are not reliable. b. most forms of intellectual disability have biological causes. c. many adults with low IQs have adequate adaptive skills. d. only people younger than age 18 can be diagnosed with intellectual disability.

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Which of the following statements is true of Latah, a cultural syndrome of distress?

a) It is characterized by an extreme startle response, echolalia, trancelike behavior, or other inappropriate, uncontrollable behavior. b) It is an altered state of consciousness observed among Ethiopian immigrants to Israel. c) It is seen in Cambodia and is recognized as symptoms based on cultural trauma that is distinct from PTSD. d) It is characterized by the extreme fear that one's genitals are shrinking or retracting into the body, causing death, observed among males in Malaysia.

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Randi believes that, compared to white people, Asian people are spiritual. Randi's belief is best characterized as an example of ____

a. prejudice b. discrimination c. racism d. stereotyping

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An English professor has just asked the students in his class to revise their term papers. He is likely to find that

a. the students will carefully evaluate whether their paper accomplishes their goals for the assignment. b. students will actually spend about 30% of their total writing time on revising. c. most students will examine only one sentence at a time, checking spelling and grammar. d. most students will be very aware of the major problems in their paper.

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