Your good friend tells you that she is going to breast-feed for as long as she can, no matter how hard it is when she returns to work because "she knows that breast-fed babies are smarter
" She says that she would feel guilty if she stopped before her baby turned one because she would be "disadvantaging her child." How could you explain the research in such a way that she would feel better about her decision if she chose to stop breast-feeding after a couple of months?
What will be an ideal response?
Research has shown that breast-feeding is correlated with a number of positive outcomes, such as higher intelligence in offspring. However, correlation does not imply causation. It could be that differences in outcomes could be due to differences in the mothers' education and the quality of the environment that comes along with a higher SES. Studies have tried to take these differences into account statistically, but they are still confounded. Furthermore, even if some studies have found the IQ to be even a few points higher among those children who were breast-fed, IQ is not the only determinant of success.
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a. commitment. c. intimacy. b. devotion. d. dating.
PET scans of human subjects who watched colored rectangles for changes in either
shape, color, or speed of movement showed increased levels of brain activity a. that varied directly with the speed at which the rectangles were displayed. b. only until subjects accurately learned to anticipate changes in the attributes of the rectangles. c. in brain regions that analyze shape, color, or speed of movement. d. each time the subjects were instructed to follow a different attribute of the rectangles. e. predominantly in the left superior parietal and temporal lobes.
Identify and describe useful techniques for soothing a crying baby
What will be an ideal response?
In the Strange Situation, the infant is left alone in one episode, which usually leads to distress
In the next episode, the stranger, rather than the mother, returns to the room. Why is this episode necessary? A) If the infant continues to cry, it is a sign of attachment insecurity. B) The episode informs us as to why the infant was crying. If the infant was crying because he missed his mother, he will continue crying. C) If the stranger can calm down the child then the child is probably secure. D) To determine if the mother becomes distressed over the separation.