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Here are a few practice questions:1. Which chromosome abnormality has 45 chromosomes but is phenotypically female? a. Down Syndromeb. Klinefelter's Syndromec. XYY Syndromed. XXX Syndromee. None of the above2. Jenny is a carrier for color-blindness and her husband is color-blind. What are their chances of having a child who is color-blind?A. 0%B. 25%C. 50%D. 75%E. 100%3. Ellen has just had surgery placing a fertilized egg into her fallopian tubes. What is thistechnology called?a. ICSIb. ZIFTc. GIFTd. All of the abovee. Only b and c above4. If you had to classify Freudian theory into a specific world view, what world view would it exemplify?a. organismicb. mechanisticc. contextuald. all of the abovee. only b and c above 5. Linda is four weeks late for her period. What stage of prenatal development is her pregnancy?a. fetalb. germinalc. embryonicd. none of the above6. During which stage of prenatal development does the heart form and begin beating? a. fetalb. germinalc. embryonicd. none of the above7. Which prenatal diagnostic procedure is usually done well after the 12th week and can also accurately determine if there are chromosome abnormalities? a. quad screenb. Ultrasoundc. Amniocentesisd. Fetascopye. AFP 8. What noninvasive prenatal diagnostic test is conducted at about the 16th week and canindicate a risk for a neural tube defect? a. CVSb. Ultrasoundc. Amniocentesisd. Fetascopye. AFP 9. __________________________ is achieved when the baby has some chance of surviving outside of the uterus.a. viabilityb. flutteringc. gasd. quickeninge. none of the above10. ___________________________ is a teratogen which has been associated with the following symptoms in the pregnancy/child: low birth weight, facial abnormalities, and mental retardation,a. alcoholb. cocainec. cigarette smokingd. aspirine. none of the above11. Beth is a carrier for cystic fibrosis but her partner Bob is not. What are their chances of having a child who is a carrier?a. 50%b. 25%c. 75%d. 100%e. none of the above12. Approximately 9 days after conception, the embryonic disc forms. It differentiates into three layers, the _____________ will eventually form the muscles and skeleton.a. ectodermb. endodermc. mesodermd. all of the abovee. none of the above13. During the ________ reflex the infant is lying on his/her back, when pressure is applied to the palms the infant opens the mouth close the eyes and brings the head to face the front. a. Graspingb. Babkinc. Suckingd. Moroe. none of the above14. Jeff is 15 years old and has just been taken off the football team because he failed a history exam. His coach and his history teacher meet to discuss Jeff's situation and work together to come up with a plan to improve Jeff's history grade. Jeff will be tutored inhistory by his friend Liz. The interaction between Jeff's history teacher and Jeff's coach isan example ofa. microsystemb. exosytemc. macrosystemd. mesosysteme. chronosystem 15. Which of the following does not generally cross the placental barrier?a. nicotineb. alcoholc. diseases like rubellad. aspirine. all can cross the placenta16. Phil is capable of understanding concepts like freedom and democracy. What Pigetian stage is Phil in?a. concrete operationalb. formal operationalc. preoperationald. sensorimotore. can not tell without further information17. Baby Cindy saw another baby at the grocery store throw an amazing tantrum. The next day Cindy threw an almost identical tantrum when she didn't ge her way. This is an example of?a. deferred imitationb. object permanencec. abstractiond. egocentrisme. none of the above18. Jill is 14 months old, she says, "Milk!" meaning I want more milk! This is an example ofa. telegraphic speechb. holophrasec. accommodationd. egocentrisme. none of the above19. If you believe children are born with a biological predisposition to acquire language, you are aa. behaviroristb. nativistc. empiricistd. all of the above20. Lacy is breastfeeding her newborn. When her baby sucks her milk automatically lets down. After several weeks classical conditioning occurs to her let-down-response and hermilk lets down if she hears her baby (or any baby) crying. In this example, her baby's cry is thea. CRb. CSc. UCSd. UCRAnswers1. E2. C3. B4. A5. C6. C7. C8. E9. A10. A11. A12. C13. B14. D15. E16. B17. A18. B19. B20.


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