Several Methods Have Been Employed to Determine Whether the Higher

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Essay

Several methods have been employed to determine whether the higher prevalence rates of personality disorders in women represents gender-biased criteria, gender-biased application of the criteria, or

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Definitions:

Concentration Difference

The variation in the amount of a substance in two areas, which can lead to diffusion, where substances move from an area of high concentration to one of lower concentration.

Selectively Permeable

Property of the plasma membrane that allows some substances to pass, but prohibits the movement of others.

Osmosis

The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration.

Plasmolyzed

A condition in plant cells in which the plasma membrane pulls away from the cell wall due to the loss of water through osmosis.