PCR Enables Scientists to Do All of the Following EXCEPT

question 75

Multiple Choice

PCR enables scientists to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)make billions of copies of a particular gene.
• B)make gene copies very rapidly.
• C)make gene copies quite cheaply.
• D)use a very small amount of DNA as starting material.
• E)sequence the bases within a gene as it is being copied.

Delineate the relationship between prosocial behavior and various developmental stages and factors.

Understand the theoretical frameworks of cognitive-developmental, gender-schema, and Eriksonian stage theories related to gender and psychosocial development.

Identify types of play and their role in child development.

Understand factors contributing to aggression in children and strategies for its management.

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Definitions:

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism by which individuals reduce anxiety by taking up the opposite feeling, impulse, or behavior.

Unconscious Impulses

Desires or motivations that reside outside conscious awareness but can influence behavior.

Acceptable

Deemed appropriate or satisfactory by societal or specific group standards.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where distressing thoughts and feelings are unconsciously blocked from conscious awareness.