What are two reasons that the relative concentrations of a psychoactive drug may be lower in an expectant mother's brain than in her fetus' brain?
What will be an ideal response?
The fetus has greater blood flow to brain than in the mother, has a poorly developed bloodbrain barrier, has poorly developed P450 enzyme system to metabolize drugs, and poorly developed kidney system for eliminating drugs from the body
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Woodworth was primarily interested in ____, or in what he called dynamic psychology.
a. the unconscious mind b. motivation c. learning how simple mental elements combined into complex thoughts d. reflexive behavior
Some steroids occur naturally in the body, and they are known as ____
a. testosterone c. acrosomes b. androgens d. luteinizing hormone
What factor determines the sex of a child?
a. the presence or absence of teratogens at the time of conception b. It depends on what time in the ovulation cycle conception occurs. c. the age of the mother d. the sex chromosome received from the father
Many efficacious treatments for major depression exist
Indicate whether the statement is true or false