Explain how development and maturity influence our perceptions of the normality of a given behavior
What will be an ideal response?
Behavior varies along the life span. What is normal and expected for a given age may be viewed as deviant or abnormal at another age. An example would be thumb sucking in young children as opposed to thumb sucking in adolescents.
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Professor McLeod says, "Psychological factors can influence physical processes by producing physiological changes in the immune system. For hundreds of years, health care professionals have understood this connection between psychological and physical factors. However, psychological conditions cannot influence neural and biological systems. Additionally, a person's beliefs about the causes, symptoms, duration, and curability of a disease do not affect that person's willingness to seek treatment and follow through with it." Which part of Professor McLeod's statement is accurate?
a. Psychological factors can influence physical processes by producing physiological changes in the immunsystem. b. For hundreds of years, health care professionals have understood this connection between psychological and physical factors. c. Psychological conditions cannot influence neural and biological systems. d. A person's beliefs about the causes, symptoms, duration, and curability of a disease do not affect that person's willingness to seek treatment and follow through with it."
When others act, our attention is focused on __________. When we act, our attention is focused on ___________
a. the environment; ourselves b. them; the environment c. their facial expressions; our feelings d. their body language; our appearance
Describe the major structures of the inner ear and their functions
What will be an ideal response?
Tom's father has hemophilia, but Tom does not have the disease. What are the chances that Tom's children will have hemophilia?
A. Tom's sons will almost certainly have it because Tom will have inherited the recessive gene from this father. B. Tom's daughters may be carriers, but his sons will not have the gene. C. All of Tom's children will be carriers, but it will not be expressed until they have children. D. None of Tom's children will be carriers or have the illness because his X gene came from his mother, who is not a carrier.