Describe the fertilization process
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
• Fertilization is the process by which the sperm and ovum join to form a new cell.
• The ovum
• Women are born with all of their ovum available to them.
• Around puberty the ovum mature and are released during ovulation.
• The sperm
• Sperm are created in the testicles at a rapid rate, several hundred million sperm a day.
• When sperm enters the vagina, they must move through the cervix and into the fallopian tube.
• Fertilization occurs in the fallopian tube.
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Jill does not produce ova of her own. An ovum is harvested from another woman, is fertilized in vitro, and placed into Jill's uterus where it becomes implanted and develops prenatally. Which fertility method does this best represent?
a. Artificial insemination b. IVF c. Donor IVF d. Surrogate mother
ALL BUT WHICH of the following is a goal of interviews conducted by clinical psychologists?
a. the establishment of rapport b. emotional release for the client c. personal satisfaction for the interviewer. d. improvement in the client's psychological symptoms.
Harry Harlow found that when baby rhesus monkeys were deprived of caregiver love, but were otherwise well fed, they
A) thrived physically and emotionally. B) thrived physically, but were emotionally abnormal. C) became more independent adult monkeys than those who were smothered by their parents. D) became even more social than other monkeys when introduced to a normally raised troop.
In the opening vignette of the chapter on sleep, Michael suffered from
a. narcolepsy b. anxiety disorder c. gastric distension d. a disorder of slow-wave sleep e. insomnia