MCAT High Yield Content questions and answers with solutions 2025

What is the generalized other? George Herbert Mead. - ANSWER Society and the expectations that it has for us. Me= Social Self (self as object). I= Response of the individual to the attitudes of others (self as subject). Ex: Me a pre-med student studying hard for the MCAT would giving in to the Me, because that's what society expects from us. If I decided to play video games, then I would be giving in to the I, because that's I want to do and is not what is expected. What is autonomy in developmental psychology? - ANSWER Ability to make OUR OWN choices according to one's own free will. Ex: In medicine a pt.'s autonomy is one of the four medical tenants for a physician. What is the structure of galactose? - ANSWER C6 H12 O6 Ex: Galactose is a monosaccharide sugar and a C-4 Epimer of glucose. What does the process of transcription look like? - ANSWER Takes place in the Nucleus. Process of making a complementary mRNA from a DNA template. Ex: C - G. T - A. (RNA is Uracil in place of Thymine). What is the difference between the front stage self and the back stage self? - ANSWER Front Stage = are visible to the audience and are part of the performance. Back Stage =closer to the real self, less of an act. Ex: