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The assumption that the values and behaviors of poor make them fundamentally different from other people, and these factors are largely responsible for their poverty is called what?

The child of an office clerk becomes a physician. This is an example of __________.

Which of the following best describes the functionalist theory of social stratification?

Child discipline tends to be relatively strict among African-American, Hispanic, and Arab-American families.

Lactic acid is produced during the __________ reactions of cellular respiration.

​In 1868, Phineas Gage, a young foreman on a work crew, had a 13-pound steel rod impaled into the front of his brain by an explosion of dynamite. Amazingly, he survived the accident; and within two months, Gage could walk, talk, and move normally, but the injury forever changed his personality. Dr. Harlow carefully recorded all details of this accidental frontal lobotomy. Dr. Harlow used which research method in documenting Phineas Gage’s behavior? 

Chandra will be returning to work six weeks after her baby is born, so she is exploring her child care options while pregnant. Which of the following characteristics would NOT be desirable?

Methadone is often freely given to addicts as part of a harm reduction strategy meant to reduce the negative consequences of addiction without requiring drug abstinence.

Dr. Berka is studying how biology, child rearing, education, and societal stereotypes influence the differing behaviors exhibited by females and males in the workplace. Dr. Berka is most likely a(n) __________ psychologist.

Ben touches his newborn brother’s palm, and his little brother takes hold of Ben’s finger and will not let go, illustrating the Babinski reflex.