Which of the following terms refers to something quite different than do the other three terms?
a. blended family
b. stepfamily
c. single-parent family
d. reconstituted family
c
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Despite the fact that a human female has a normal pregnancy duration (or gestational period) of 38 weeks, people often refer to pregnancy as a 40-week event. Why is this?
a. Because the heightened influence of teratogens in the world today has actually extended the duration of pregnancy from conception to delivery. b. Because pregnancy usually begins two weeks after a woman's menstrual period, and that is the time from which the beginning of pregnancy is measured. c. Because the duration of pregnancy actually gets longer as a woman ages, and it ranges from 38 to 42 weeks. 40 weeks is the average, so that is what people say. d. Because physicians want to allow for a two-week "window" at the end of the pregnancy so that women do not become concerned if they have not delivered by the end of the 38th week.
People who are high in ____ compartmentalize their social lives more than others
a. self-monitoring b. collectivism c. self-handicapping d. similarity biases
What may be a function of REM sleep in neonates?
A. During wakefulness, infants experience sensory overload and REM sleep allows them to attune to information missed during the day. B. REM sleep is thought to prevent SIDS in neonates by stimulating the areas of the brain that control breathing. C. During the neonatal period, dreams that occur during REM sleep likely contribute to the earliest phases of enculturation. D. REM sleep causes brain stimulation, which is necessary to drive sufficient protein synthesis for neuronal development and synapse formation.
A researcher conducts a study in which 50 rats are assigned to different treatments and tested. In the study, the rats are called research ____
a. associates b. cohorts c. participants d. subjects