Based on currently available data, ________ appear to be inherited.

a) specific phobias
b) specific genes that influence fear and anxiety
c) social phobias influenced by 15 different chromosomal abnormalities
d) different degrees of trait anxiety

Ans: d) different degrees of trait anxiety

Psychology

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Which of the following statements about family alliances is supported by research cited in the text?

a. Alliances present in childhood tend to be maintained throughout adolescence. b. Girls and boys who identified most with their mother in childhood typically shift their alliance to their father during adolescence. c. Girls, but not boys, who identified most with their mother in childhood typically shift their alliance to their father during adolescence. d. Boys, but not girls, who identified most with their mother in childhood typically shift their alliance to their father during adolescence.

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