For the fetus, the stressful experience of birth is useful because it
a. eliminates the weakest who are in the worst health.
b. ensures that it is fully awake and ready to breathe.
c. discourages the parents from having too many children.
d. prevents the fetus from returning to the womb's comfort.
B
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Psychology is one of the oldest and one of the newest scholarly disciplines
a. True b. False
Treatment of psychophysiological disorders usually consists of ____
a. medical treatment, because once the physical condition has been resolved the psychological distress will no longer be an issue b. psychotherapy, because once the psychological issues have been resolved the medical condition will disappear c. medical treatment for the physical condition and psychotherapy to alleviate the stress and anxiety caused by the medical condition d. medical treatment and relaxation
Following sexual abuse at the age of 15, Lynn forgets her name and identity, and runs away from home assuming a new identity. This is an example of:
a. dissociative amnesia c. dissociative identity disorder b. dissociative fugue d. catatonic schizophrenia
Baby Henry enters Piaget's Substage 4 of the sensorimotor period when his schemes
A) are directed toward his body. B) are repeated with variation to produce new outcomes. C) are coordinated deliberately to solve simple problems. D) represent sudden solutions rather than trial-and-error solutions.