What are the potential risks associated with smoking during the prenatal period across the topical areas of development?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
• Smoking reduces the oxygen available to the fetus.
• The nicotine and other toxins in cigarettes slow the respiration rate of the fetus and speed up its heart.
• Smoking increases the possibility of miscarriages and death during infancy.
• Smokers are more likely to have lower birth weight babies and are 50% more likely to have mentally retarded children.
• Mothers who smoke are more likely to have children who exhibit disruptive behavior during childhood.
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Gretchen suffered a stroke recently and now she finds that she constantly hears a buzzing sound in her ears. Based on what is known about the functions of the lobes within the cerebral cortex, you should conclude that Gretchen's stroke most likely affected her:
a. temporal lobes b. frontal lobes c. occipital lobes d. parietal lobes
The phenomenon of stimulus control makes it clear that stimuli that affect operant responding
a. are those that elicit a genetically predisposed response. b. always occur after the response. c. may occur before the response. d. are those that satisfy basic biological needs.
The overall themes of Chapter 4 include:
a. a longitudinal perspective often strengthens community research b. the best method for a specific study depends on its purposes c. qualitative methods are better for community research d. both ‘a' and ‘b'
In the section on positive psychology, it was reported that a person's tendency to forgive is
related to the quality ofhis/her __________ . Fill in the blanks with correct word