Genomic imprinting
A) can be triggered by smoking or exposure to environmental pollutants, such as mercury or lead.
B) occurs when alleles are chemically marked such that one pair member is activated, regardless of its makeup.
C) is more likely to affect males because their sex chromosomes do not match.
D) is always permanent, cannot be erased in the next generation, and occurs in all offspring if it occurs in one.
Answer: B
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a. being with others has the potential to reduce the negative impact of the situation. b. the stress is embarrassing in nature. c. in collectivist cultures. d. with people who are experiencing the same type of stressful situation, but not with people who havesuccessfully overcome the same stressful situation.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
According to the contemporary view of emotion proposed by John Cacioppo and his colleagues a. all emotional states are correlated with a precise set of physical symptoms
b. some emotional states require more cognitive processing than others. c. the physical states associated with emotions rarely overlap. d. we do not need to evaluate physical reactions in order to assess our emotional state.
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