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Misaki is at a point in her pregnancy during which the major organs and structures of her baby are first developing. Which period of prenatal development is Misaki currently experiencing?

A(n) __________ is a section of DNA containing a sequence of amines.

The first true longitudinal study of the effects of giftedness on social success was conducted by __________.

Javier tells Ben that he wants to get a new sports car. Ben immediately understands why, because he is familiar with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars. Ben is using mental categories called __________.

Last night, Aubrey’s mom gave her a haircut. As she walked into her high school, Aubrey felt like everyone could tell that her bangs were a little uneven. This example illustrates the belief of a(n) __________.

A person who comes up with as many different uses of a brick as possible, such as using them for doorstops, is a __________ thinker.

Ashley and Mary-Kate are twins who are genetically identical. What type of twins are they?

Logan grows up in a home where his father is generally unloving toward his mother. He observes his father yell at and degrade his mother, and he notices that his mother never resists this treatment. Based on the work of Bandura, what might we predict about Logan’s own relationships when he is older?

Every time he loses his wallet, Hakeem cannot stop checking the back pocket of the pants he is wearing. He knows the wallet is not there, and yet he continues to put his hand in the pocket to check just “one more time.” This tendency to try to solve problems in the same way every time is called __________.

The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called __________.