Define low birth rate and explain its two subgroups
What will be an ideal response?
Low-birth-weight (LBW) infants weigh less than 2,500 grams, or five and a half pounds. The two major groups of babies with low birth weight are those born preterm—less than thirty-five weeks conceptual age, and those born small for gestational age—a much smaller weight than infants born at a comparable gestational age.
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a. industrial/organizational b. consumer c. clinical d. biodata
In the United States, the second leading cause of neonatal mortality is __________, which is largely preventable
A) malnutrition B) physical abnormality C) low birth weight D) sudden infant death syndrome
According to Freud, unconscious motives and conflicts revolve around __________.
A. a drive for self-actualization B. primitive sexual and aggressive instincts C. learned motives D. irrational thinking
The use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another's favor is known as ________.
A. social elicitation B. ingratiation C. social penetration D. deindividuation