Which of the following is NOT a disorder discussed in your text as being linked to a certain gene location?
A) fragile X mental retardation
B) hemophilia
C) Huntington's disease
D) fetal alcohol syndrome
D) fetal alcohol syndrome. FAS is caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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What was the basis for the irresistible impulse test first used in the late nineteenth century?
a. the legal assumption that everyone knows right from wrong b. the finding that the M'Naghten test was too broad c. the finding that even though some people intellectually know that their behavior is illegal, they still can't control their behavior d. the observation that some diagnoses are based on evidence of criminal behavior
Harry Harlow studied attachment in monkeys. He found that when baby monkeys were separated from their mothers and offered a substitute, they preferred a __________.
A. wire mother that offered food B. terrycloth mother that offered warmth and softness C. wire mother that made sounds like a monkey D. wire mother that offered water
Alice's symptoms of menopause include hot flashes and the cessation of her monthly menstrual cycle. What is Alice's physician likely to tell her she is experiencing?
A. non-normative life event B. age-graded influence C. history-graded influence D. sociocultural-graded influence
According to the simile in your text, if psychology is like a tree, then social psychology is like ____
a. the trunk b. a branch c. a leaf d. a root