In many cultures, the _______________ has special cultural beliefs attached to it that seek to protect the mother and/or baby from harm
a. amniotic sac
b. umbilical cord
c. placenta
d. vernix
Answer: C
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Most people have both positive and negative experiences in their lives. When researchers have looked at the relationship between happy events (uplifts) and irritating events (hassles),
they have found that the inflammatory factors indicative of cardiovascular disease a. are only affected by uplifts. b. are only affected by undesirable life events. c. are affected positively by daily hassles and negatively by uplifts. d. respond in a positive way to uplifts by decreasing these factors and in a negative way to hassles by increasing these factors.
A punisher is an aversive consequence that
a. weakens the behavior it follows. b. is withheld to increase the probability of the response over time. c. decreases the probability of shaping by successive approximations. d. withholds negative reinforcers. e. occurs on a consistent and predictable basis.