On a recent trip abroad with her anthropology course, your roommate mostly visited traditional indigenous cultures in Central America
She witnessed abdominal massage being performed with a pregnant woman, but was not sure what information was gathered during the process. You were able to tell her that through abdominal massage, the midwife was listening to what the pregnant woman was experiencing and also was determining the ____.
a. position of the fetus
b. sex of the fetus
c. size of the fetus
d. length of the fetus
A. During abdominal massage, the midwife can determine the position of the fetus. If the fetus is in the breech position, the midwife can use massage to help turn it.
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Cognitive dissonance only occurs when people have insufficient justification for their behavior.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Charles has recently come back from the war. While in the war, he was severely injured when a bomb blew up the truck he was in (everyone else in the truck was killed). Since coming home two months ago, he has been having nightmares and flashbacks where he re-experiences the bombing. He is also easily startled and very anxious. He went to see his doctor and was diagnosed as having
A. dissociative identity disorder. B. a personality disorder. C. posttraumatic stress disorder. D. acute stress disorder.
Brain structure correlates in adults with ________ of the Big Five personality traits.
a. one b. two c. four d. five
A general finding is that the brains of young autistic children exhibit
A) reduced volume of the hippocampus. B) enlarged brain size of around 10 percent. C) fewer axons within the corpus callosum. D) loss of cells within the cerebral cortex. E) increased volume of the brain ventricles.