Your brother and sister-in-law are discussing their plan to get to the hospital for the delivery of their first child. They are concerned about how quickly they could get to the hospital. You might tell them:
a. That is a very good plan. You cannot get to the hospital quickly enough
b. Labor for first pregnancies is 24 hours, so you could book a flight to a different city and still make it to the hospital.
c. I would not really worry about it too much; the average labor for first pregnancies is 12 hours. You should be able to make it!
d. Since they live in the city they should take a cab, many children are born in cabs and cab drivers know what they are doing.
C. First births have labors that average 12 hours, so there should not be much concern about getting to the hospital rapidly. The length of labor depends on many factors, especially the size of the woman and the size of the baby.
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a. Myelination of the temporal lobe results in poor decision-making b. Due to neurotic pruning, the pleasure centers of the brain become "super-charged.". c. Estrogen and testosterone act like "cocaine" in the brain. d. The pleasure areas develop prior to the areas that control behavior.
Which of the following accurately describes what happens to unused synapses in the brain?
A. Unused synapses continue to function throughout the life span. B. Unused synapses are pruned and neurons are reserved for future use. C. Unused synapses eventually die, leading to disorders such as dementia. D. Unused synapses are used by the corpus callosum, leading to gains in gross motor skills.
When a painful or aversive stimulus is paired with unwanted desires, to change a habit by making it less desirable, this is called
a. counter conditioning. c. flooding. b. aversive conditioning. d. extinction.
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a. eat more protein c. engage in an exercise program b. reduce your caloric intake d. sleep less and get up earlier