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casperchen82

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Measurable heritable characteristics like brain abnormalities, attention processing deficits, or eye movements that give clues about specific genes involved in psychological disorders are called ____.
 
  a. endophenotypes
 b. iatrogenic effects
 c. base rates for a behavior
  d. genetic linkages

Question 2

Carmen has been diagnosed with major depression. Her twin sister Consuelo does not have the disorder. When asked if their parents suffer from major depression, researchers are likely to reduce bias in reporting by ____.
 
  a. interviewing the twins together at the same time
 b. interviewing each twin at least twice and at different points of time
  c. refraining from contacting their parents
 d. refraining from administering a psychological assessment



s.meritte

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b



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