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Beheh

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The likelihood of developing schizophrenia increases to 31 percent for a person with ________ and ________.
 
  a. birth complications; stress during adulthood
  b. a mother who consumed a high-fat diet dieting pregnancy; a family history of schizophrenia
  c. an identical twin who is normal; physical anomalies
  d. a family history of schizophrenia; physical anomalies
  e. minor physical anomalies; who was born during the summer months

Question 2

Which of the following is true of brain development and schizophrenia?
 
  a. Rapid neuron loss occurs in early childhood in schizophrenia with little subsequent loss during adulthood.
  b. Schizophrenics show rapid neuron loss that occurs in early adulthood, but not continuous neuron loss.
  c. Schizophrenia shows the same degenerative pattern as is noted in Alzheimer's disease.
  d. Schizophrenia shows the same degenerative pattern as is noted in Parkinson's disease.
  e. Schizophrenia involves the creation of new, but abnormal, neurons.



Jevvish

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. a family history of schizophrenia; physical anomalies

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. Schizophrenics show rapid neuron loss that occurs in early adulthood, but not continuous neuron loss.



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