Increased maternal age brings a heightened risk of certain difficulties, both with the pregnancy and for the child. Specifically, when the mother is pregnant after the age of 40 there is an enhanced risk of the child being born with _______________, a chromosomal disorder associated with delayed physical, cognitive and social development
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Down syndrome
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The idea that development is determined largely as a result of the manner in which people resolve the conflicts that they face at different ages is the central concept of the ____ theories
a. epigenetic b. learning c. context-specific d. psychodynamic
In the Thom et al. (2000) study of the treatment of dental-phobic patients, if participants in the two experimental groups showed reduced anxiety from pretest to posttest, could the researchers conclude that the treatments were effective in reducing anxiety?
a. Yes. Reduction in anxiety for the experimental groups would prove the effectiveness of the treatment. b. No. There are many possible reasons why patients would show reduced anxiety, so the only way to know if the cause was the treatments would be to use a control group that did not get a treatment. c. Yes, but only if one of the groups had a greater reduction in anxiety than the other. d. No. To conclude that the treatments were effective, they would need to see if the effects last for many years afterwards.
The Apgar scale measures color, heart rate, cry, muscle tone, and breathing
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A measure can be:
a. accurate but not valid. b. reliable but not valid. c. consistent but not reliable. d. valid but not accurate.