The Apgar score not only is useful in determining the neonate's status at birth, but also predicts ____
a. the likelihood of death in the first month of life
b. adult height
c. risk of cancer in childhood
d. scores on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale at two months
Answer: A
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a. rehearsal. b. memorization. c. categorization. d. recall.
Your professor hands you a sealed bag of potato chips and asks you to open the bag and take out two scoops of chips. The scoops of chips are analogous to _____
a. a sample
b. a population
c. a hypothesis
d. a generalizable scoop
When two siblings are similar in terms of personality, research suggests that this is due primarily to:
A) the shared environment the siblings experienced. B) the nonshared environment the siblings experienced. C) genetics. D) an equal combination of genes and the environment.
Which statistic accurately reflects the vulnerability of prenatal development?
Only 31 percent of all conceptions become living newborn babies. Only 75 percent of fetuses reach the age of viability. 50 percent of fetuses are spontaneously aborted or stillborn. 10 percent of all fetuses die during birth.