Rita just gave birth to a baby and she is feeling blue from time to time. What might be causing this?
a. nursing her new baby.
b. a drop in estrogen and progesterone levels.
c. not eating enough.
d. postpartum depression.
B. When hormone levels return to normal, many women experience a low emotional state. This is normal. This is not postpartum depression, which is more severe.
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A. "I saw a moose." B. "I don't know what I saw." C. "I saw an image, but the picture was too fuzzy to make out any details." D. "I saw an image of a large animal."
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b. People become more likely to be morning people. c. People's circadian rhythms tend to get longer than 24 hours. d. People tend to sleep more hours per night.
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a. ideal stimlus index b. incipient satiation index c. interstimulus interval d. Intergalactic Space Invoice
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A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9