Eight-year-old John is already six feet tall. Medical specialists are trying to determine the reason for his unusual height for his age. The team believes the height is the result of overactivity of an endocrine gland

Which gland will be the focus of their examination?
a) thyroid
b) adrenal
c) pancreas
d) thymus

ANS: a

Psychology

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A) Employees who are good at one aspect of their job tend to be viewed as poor at other aspects of their job. B) Employees who perform one aspect of their job well tend to be rated highly for other aspects. C) An average worker is rated as substandard because he or she is compared to an above average employee. D) An average worker is rated as above average because he or she is compared to another above average employee.

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According to this theory, sleep is a means of protecting ourselves from predators

a) restorative theory b) evolutionary theory c) psychoanalytic theory d) dream theory

Psychology