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CLEP Biology: Human Growth And Development
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Answer 17 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Loss of memory resulting from repression of psychological - emotional trauma or damage
olfaction and taste
psychogenic amnesia
Parkinson's disease
polygenic traits
2. Testing fluid from the amnionic sac
toxemia
psychogenic amnesia
thalidomide
amniocentesis
3. Hearing impairment in old age
thalidomide
toxoplasmosis
anoxia
presbycusis
4. Birth complication of severe hypoxia - often due to tangled umbilical cord. affects 1%
psychogenic amnesia
anoxia
Parkinson's disease
pleiotropy
5. A sequence of physical maturation and growth that proceeds from the head (cephalic region) to the tail (or caudal region).
mental retardation
cephalocaudal development
Parkinson's disease
pleiotropy
6. Degenerative brain disorder often traced to illness in early childhood like meningitis
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7. A parasite which is most commonly transmitted from animals to humans by contact with contaminated feces especially damaging to fetus.
olfaction and taste
toxoplasmosis
germinal stage
toxemia
8. First 2 weeks of fetal development; spans the period from fertilization through implantation
cephalocaudal development
toxoplasmosis
psychogenic amnesia
germinal stage
9. The control of more than one phenotypic characteristic by a single gene (eg. Marfan's Syndrome is cause by a single mutation but causes issues with bones - aorta - and vision)
psychogenic amnesia
thalidomide
anoxia
pleiotropy
10. Minimal brain dysfunction characterized by hyperactivity - distractibility - impulsivity
psychogenic amnesia
pleiotropy
ADHD symptoms
anoxia
11. Disorder defined by IQ<70
mental retardation
psychogenic amnesia
cephalocaudal development
amniocentesis
12. Traits controlled by two or more genes
autism symptoms
presbycusis
polygenic traits
pleiotropy
13. An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
polygenic traits
mental retardation
presbycusis
toxemia
14. Neurological disorder characterized by abnormal communication/social skills - obsessive behavior - regression. 4x more prevalent in boys
Parkinson's disease
amniocentesis
anoxia
autism symptoms
15. Areas of the human body with heightened sensitivity
polygenic traits
toxemia
erogenous zones
mental retardation
16. Drug for insomnia and nausea that later showed to be a teratogen causing limb deformities in fetuses
ADHD symptoms
toxemia
thalidomide
anoxia
17. These senses are fully-developed in newborns
erogenous zones
thalidomide
psychogenic amnesia
olfaction and taste