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| 1. "Behaviorism" is a theory that: |
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| emphasizes the actions that are observable |
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| 2. When every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for an experiment, a study is said to have used: |
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| 3. Terry and Joe are participants in a research study testing a new medicine for cancer. During an experiment, a researcher puts Terry in a condition where he receives a sugar pill. The researcher puts Joe into a condition that gets the actual medicine for cancer. Based on this scenario, Terry is in the ___ group and Joe is in the ___ group. |
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| 5. Say that having big lips is a dominant trait and having small lips is a recessive trait. If both a mother and father have small lips, what is the chance of their baby having small lips? |
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| 6. The most common chromosome disease where there is one extra chromosome at site 21 is called: |
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| 8. A missing chromosome on site-23 will most likely result in: |
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| abnormal development of sex characteristics |
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| 9. What covers and insulates the long, tail like structure of a neuron? This part of a neuron also helps electrical impulses move faster along neurons. |
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| 10. When Amy started classes, she was always annoyed at the traffic noise outside. But after a week, Amy didn't even notice the noise anymore. This is an example of: |
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| 13. Which part of the tongue has most taste buds for sweet things? |
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| 14. When riding in a train, Rebecca sees a car driving at the same speed. According to the "motion parallax" illusion, Rebecca will… |
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| think the car is farther away than it really is |
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