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what is genetic engineering? Is this ethical
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explain sex-linked inheritance
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what is a sex chromosome
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what is an autosome
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how is the sex of a person determined
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what is codominace
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what is incomplete dominace
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what is simple dominant inheritance
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what is simple recessive inheritance?
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define the term carrier.
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Explain how legalizing the use of recreational drugs could reduce crime
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what are the symbols used in pedigree chart
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why is a pedigree chart used
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what is a pedigree chart
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explain why when mendel allowed the F1 generation of all tea plants reappeared in the F1 generation.
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explain why when Mendel crossed a purebred short pea plant with a purebred tall pea plant, the resulting F1 generation had only
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Give an example on when it would be appropriate to use a testcross explain why?
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what is a testcross.
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What is the F2 generation. Give an example
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what is the F1 generation. Give an example
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what is the parental generation in a cross? what symbol is used to denote the parental generation?.
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explain what a Punnett square is.
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what is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?
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define dominant and recessive examples
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define dominant and recessive
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define heterozygous
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define homozygous
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How are alleles designated?
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How are alleles designated??
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what is an allele and what is the difference between an allele and a gene?
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what is a gene and where is it found
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discuss the role of meiosis in genetics
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what is genetics
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discuss gregor mendel
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List three interrelated problems with the US justice system
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List three interrelated problems with the US justice system
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Define deviance and distinguish it from crime
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Name various social science theories of deviance
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social science theories of deviance
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Explain why social scientists emphasize the relativity of norms
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discuss gregor mendel.
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When we think of the modern world, we associate it with cities and with industrialization. But for most of the period discussed,
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Two individuals can have exactly the same social environment and therefore be exactly identical in behavior.
True False
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The behavioralist approach focuses on thought as the determinant of behavior.
True False
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It is possible to understand the nature of human beings independently of their social environment.
True False
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Intelligent design is different from scientific creationism in that it does not challenge evolutionary evidence.
True False
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For an increasing number of families, marriage and having children are not necessarily linked.
True False
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Diffusion of cultural traits is a one-way process.
True False
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Cultural alternatives define the degree to which a culture is internally consistent and homogeneous.
True False
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Christian churches in America have traditionally been and continue to be active in social change movements in the United States.
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Changes in the material aspects of culture always precede changes in the nonmaterial aspects.
True False
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The total organization of the inherited and acquired characteristics of an individual as evidenced by human behavior is called
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Throughout history, the family has been the primary social unit.
True False
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Today, many children acquire most of their values from films and television.
True False
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William Ogburn described cultural lag as a pattern of stability and cultural cohesion.
True False
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The nature/nurture debate focuses on whether heredity or environment is more important in determining personality.
True False
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The number of children that couples are willing to have is smaller now than three generations ago.
True False
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The United States does not have one single culture.
True False
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Stories of feral children should be regarded with skepticism.
True False
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Socialization is the process that shapes the personality of individuals so they can become members of society.
True False
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Polyandry is the term for the marriage of one wife and two or more husbands.
True False
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Phronesis is a type of knowledge that relies solely on logic, rationality, and empirical proofs.
True False
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Personality may be defined as the total organization of the inherited and acquired characteristics of an individual as evidenced
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Our future social evolution will likely be substantially influenced by the information we have about our human evolution.
true or
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Mores are regulations established in a community by some authority and enforced by judicial decision.
true or false
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Charles Darwin was influenced by his voyage on the Beagle to formulate his natural selection mechanism of evolution.
true or
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B. F. Skinner strongly denied the influence of society on the individual.
true or false
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There is evidence that Neanderthals did all of the following except:
make musical instruments. build shelters. make written
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The “Delphi method” refers to:
social scientists having their interpretations reviewed by other specialists in the field.
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The study of social arrangements to maintain peace and order within a given society is called:
economics. anthropology.
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The social science method that involves making a detailed examination and analysis of a particular issue or problem situation is
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The process of random genetic changes that create new characteristics is called:
natural selection. mutation. competition.
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The percent of population who died of the Black Death in Europe is generally accepted as:
5 percent 100 percent 40 percent 90
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The most important physical difference between humans and apes is in the larger size and complexity of the human:
knee. jaw.
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The expansion of Renaissance trade and the creation of a new urban merchant class helped make possible:
the emergence of
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The Moors were armies of what group?
Rome. England. European Descent. Muslims.
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The Interdisciplinary Approach means:
there is no need for separate social sciences. a group of scientists with different
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The Hundred Years' War from 1337 to 1453 was fought between:
Spain and Italy. Germany and Denmark. England and France. Poland and
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Some scientists argue that language is not limited to humans and that linguistic ability is also possessed by other species such
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Some scientists argue that language is not limited to humans and that linguistic ability is also possessed by other species such
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Scientific inquiry is possible in a society in which certain attitudes are developed and tolerated. These attitudes include
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Respect for different ways of living is the essence of:
forced conformity. chauvinism. ethnocentrism. cultural relativism.
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Operant conditioning is often discussed in terms of:
superego development id identification. positive reinforcement.
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Multiculturalism emphasizes:
Eurocentric bias. differences among subcultures. blending of various cultures. shared aspects among
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Leonard da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello were artists during the:
Hellenistic Age. time of Caesars. Industrial
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In the nature/nurture debate, the cognitive approach focuses on:
nature. nurture. the entire being. suggesting an alternative to
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Freud originated a system of:
environmental categories. personality testing called IQ. psychotherapy known as psychoanalysis. pop
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Feudal estates are associated with which kind of authority?
A president. A lord. A democracy. A citizens’ communal government.
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Ethnocentrism is:
the tendency to judge other cultures by a person's own culture. universally avoided. forbidden everywhere.
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Anthropology is the study of the relationship between:
environment and trading systems. biological traits and socially acquired
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An organized system of ideas for remodeling society is called:
an inventory. material invention. an ideology. socialization
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A _____ is a privilege or advantage that an individual enjoys because of the status quo, which is the existing state of affairs.
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A 2003 fossil find of a modern human in Ethiopia fits recent genetic studies and supports the:
multiregional continuity theory of
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Historically, there were many cultures and societies in pre-Columbian America, two of which had reached the status of Early
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Match the endocrine gland or organ name to the labels indicated in the figure.
ituitary gland - Pineal gland - Thyroid gland -
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Match the endocrine gland or organ name to the labels indicated in the figure.
- Pituitary gland - Pineal gland - Thyroid gland -
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QUESTION 1
The most numerous formed elements observed in a smear of whole blood under the microscope is erythrocytes. True False
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QUESTION 9
Match the letter label to the correct structure on the multipolar neuron shown. - Cell membrane - Dendrites - Cell
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QUESTION 5
Select either “S” for sympathetic or “P” for parasympathetic to indicate the correct autonomic division of the
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In the micrograph of the thyroid gland above, identify the structures labeled and match the label to the structure name.
arafolic
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