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.
d
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a. Pearson correlation b. Spearman correlation c. Point-biserial correlation d. Phi-coefficient
Research demonstrates a connection between ____ and past sexual abuse
a. homosexuality c. eating disorders b. sexually transmitted infections d. repressed memories
According to the article Zipping Up the Genes about twins reared apart, why were the participants limited
to only twins reared apart? (a) theywere easier to recruit (b) to examine the effects of shared genes without shared environments (c) to examine the effects of shared environments only (d) to compare the personalities of twins reared together to those reared apart
Winnie begins therapy and her therapist tells her that during their work together, Winnie will learn strategies for changing how she expresses her emotions. Winnie rejects this idea, stating that she has, "always been an emotional person and cannot change her emotions." Given that Winnie is high in emotional expressiveness, will she be able to learn and implement the therapist's strategies?
A. No, emotion regulation strategies only work for people with biologically low levels of emotional expressiveness. B. No, even if she learns the strategies she will default to using her typical emotional responses. C. Yes, but she will only be able to use the emotion regulation strategy of suppression. D. Yes, despite her default level of emotional expressiveness, she will be able to regulate her emotions.