Marla has recently given birth to a beautiful, healthy baby. She is wrestling with the decision as to whether she should breastfeed or bottle-feed the child. What would you tell her if you were going to advocate strongly for the breastfeeding option?
What will be an ideal response?
The textbook identifies all of the following benefits of breastfeeding a baby:
(a) it ensures proper nourishment for the child
(b) it reduces illnesses since breast milk contains essential antibodies
(c) it reduces constipation and diarrhea
(d) it helps babies transition to solid foods more easily when it is time to wean
(e) breast milk cannot be contaminated as formula prepared with unsafe drinking water can be
Students may also note that breast feeding is particularly important in developing nations, where the water used to make formula for bottle feeding may be contaminated and lead to illnesses and possibly death in babies.
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Which of the following students provides the best summary of the reality of motherhood?
a. Janelle: "For most mothers, the exhaustion and drudgery of motherhood far outweighs the few positive aspects.". b. Jamilla: "The positive aspects of motherhood are much more concrete than the negative aspects.". c. Jerri: "Although mothers list many more positive aspects of motherhood, the few negative aspects are much more intense.". d. Jill: "Despite the very real difficulties of motherhood, for most women the benefits to personal growth and rewards of interacting with children outweigh the limitations.".
To understand coercive home environments, the family should be regarded as a social system because
a. family members respond to and reinforce one another's actions. b. systemic technical jargon becomes sophisticated. c. inhibitory controls are especially effective in coercive home environments. d. passive victims deserve what happens to them.
The parts of the brain responsible for inhibiting aggression and considering the long-term consequences of behavior are mature in humans a. at puberty
b. at the age of 16, which is why we allow people to start driving at that age. c. at the age of 18, which is why legal adulthood begins at this age. d. by the mid-20s.
The linguistic-relativity hypothesis predicts that speakers of different languages
a. conceptualize the world differently. b. employ similar concepts, even though their vocabulary differs. c. comprehend the rules that govern their language. d. use a universal grammar to govern their language.