The biological consequences of severe maternal stress during pregnancy ________.

A. can induce epigenetic changes that impair functioning of the body's stress response system in mothers and their children
B. produce compensatory responses that maintain healthy levels of stress hormones in children but not their mothers
C. affect mothers who experience the stressful events personally, but have no effect on their children
D. include memory disruptions and difficulty concentrating but not physical symptoms in mothers and their children


Answer: A

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