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SGallaher96

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on: Jun 22, 2018
When your doctor taps you just below the knee, he or she is checking a reflex that is triggered by which kind of receptor?
 
  a. a Golgi tendon organ
  b. a central pattern generator
  c. a muscle spindle
  d. a vestibular organ

Question 2

Juan lives in the affluent neighborhood in Louisburg Square, Boston. Meanwhile, his identical twin Jose lives in a lower-class, diverse neighborhood in Roxbury. If Juan had a higher IQ score than Jose, this would be evidence to support:
 
  a. The genetic basis of intelligence
  b. The environmental influence on intelligence
  c. Both A and B
  d. Neither A nor B


emilymalinowski12

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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