1)Select risk factors for autism. Choose all that apply. Check All That Apply Pr

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1)Select risk factors for autism. Choose all that apply.

Check All That Apply

Prenatal exposure to rubellaPrenatal exposure to rubella

Folic acid exposure late in gestationFolic acid exposure late in gestation

Having certain mitochondrial diseasesHaving certain mitochondrial diseases

Overactive synaptic pruning

2)Which of the following are symptoms of autism?

Check All That Apply

Loss of languageLoss of language

Loss of social skillsLoss of social skills

SeizuresSeizures

Chronic fatigueChronic fatigue

Inability to organize thoughts and perceptions

3)A child starts school, and it is discovered that he has intellectual disabilities. His mother notes that he was post-natally exposed to mercury. What is the likely cause of his intellectual disability?

Multiple Choice

Malnutrition

Abnormal genes and chromosomes

Noninherited birth defects

Environmental exposure to toxins

Infections

4) Schizophrenia is a behavioral disorder in which a person loses the ability to organize his or her thoughts and perceptions. Determine whether each of the following statements about schizophrenia is true or false.

1. Some of the symptoms of schizophrenia also occur in other illnesses.  (Click to select)  True  False  

2. Schizophrenia is a genetic disorder that is not affected by environmental influences.  (Click to select)  True  False  

3. If a person has an identical twin who has schizophrenia, then he or she will also develop schizophrenia.  (Click to select)  True  False  

4. The heritability for schizophrenia is high.  (Click to select)  True  False  

5. Prenatal exposure to influenza may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia.

Explanation / Answer

1) Folic acid exposure late in gestation

2) Loss of language and social skills are core symptoms of the disease but seizures are the neurological impairment develped in the disease.

3) Environmental exposure to toxins, mercury is a heavy metal that disrupts the normal functions of major organs and neuronal plasticity

4) 1) true

2) False

3) True, there are about 50% chances that the other can also develop the disease

4) yes its about 80%

5) True

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