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Monozygotic twins __________.

Which of the following statements BEST describes the general relationship between thinking and language?

The tendency of teenagers to feel that they are always “on stage” and that they are the center of everyone else’s world, just as they are the center of their own, is a phenomenon known as __________.

On a newly developed IQ test, if an individual scores at the 110 level on the first half of the test and 150 on the second half of the test, what does this test appear to lack?

In Piaget’s theory, the stage of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age, in which an individual becomes capable of logical thought processes but is not yet capable of abstract thinking, is the __________ stage.

A male has a defect in the X chromosome of the 23rd pair. As children, people with this syndrome, known as __________, experience symptoms that can range from mild to severe or even profound intellectual disability.

The gradual decline in the sexual reproductive system of males is called __________.

A group of psychologists reviews the literature on the heritability of intelligence. They conclude that most of the estimates indicate that __________ percent of intelligence is due to genetics.

Mothers who were unresponsive, insensitive, and coldly rejecting were associated with __________ infants.

Arlo is a quiet child who is very slow to adapt to change. However, if he is introduced gradually to new people or situations, then eventually he will accept them without too much distress. Thomas and Chess would say Arlo’s temperament is __________.