While pregnant, is there a safe amount of alcohol that may be consumed without affecting the developing fetus? Why or why not? Use research to support your response.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Based on the current understanding of how alcohol exposure prenatally impacts the developing fetus, there is no "safe" amount of alcohol that can be consumed. Any amount of alcohol consumed during pregnancy may negatively impact the developing fetus.
2. Consuming alcohol during pregnancy may result in fetal alcohol syndrome, which is the most common non-genetic cause of intellectual disabilities and birth defects.
3. A 14-year longitudinal study followed women who drank alcohol in moderation during pregnancy. Study results show that the more alcohol the mother reported drinking in mid-pregnancy, the higher the incidence of child problems with behavior, attention, memory, and school performance from early in life to adolescence.
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A. Freudian theory B. social role theory C. parent modeling model D. affective-primary theory
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