You are a doctor investigating birth defects. One of your patients has spina bifida. It's likely that her mother

A) smoked during her pregnancy.
B) was malnourished during her pregnancy.
C) abused alcohol during her pregnancy.
D) abused cocaine during her pregnancy.


B

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Drew has a pet dog. His sister, Amelia, has a pet cat. So, Drew's scheme of "things that are pets" includes both dogs and cats. However, he visits a friend who has a pet parrot. This parrot does not fit into Drew's existing scheme. So, he accommodates this information. Now his "things that are pets" scheme includes birds as well. This restoring of cognitive balance is called

a. assimilation. b. shaping of schemes. c. equilibration. d. cognitive dissonance.

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The co-occurrence of ADHD and conduct disorder has led some researchers to suggest a subgroup of children with ADHD at increased risk for conduct problems.What support is there for such a subtype?

What will be an ideal response?

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The new approaches to understanding and treating intersexed individuals who have been proposed recently are based on the concept of "five sexes," which include all of the following EXCEPT

A. "herms." B. "merms" and "ferms." C. males and females. D. "andros" and "estros."

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Generalizing from information presented in the text, which of the following children would be the least likely to be abused?

a. Tommy, who is an infant b. Robbie, who is a toddler c. Jamie, who has a physical disability d. Sammy, who is 12 years old

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