Which of the Following Statements About Family Reactions Is True

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about family reactions is true?

• A) Feelings of shock, denial, grief, and anger are generally brief and tend to disappear once an accurate diagnosis of the disability has been made.
• B) Siblings and extended family members generally do not experience feelings of denial and grief.
• C) Feelings of shock, denial, grief, anger, and acceptance in response to the disability may recur throughout the lifespan of the individual.
• D) The family of a child with a disability experiences a sequence of emotions, and once these stages have been worked through, the feelings disappear.

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Definitions:

Dominant Alleles

Alleles that mask the effect of other alleles for the same gene in heterozygous individuals, determining the phenotype.

Recessive Alleles

Genetic variations that must be present in two copies (homozygous) to express a trait, as opposed to dominant alleles that require only one copy.

Epistasis

An interaction between genes where the presence or absence of alleles of one gene influences the expression of another gene.

Alleles

Alleles are alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome, contributing to genetic variation in populations.