How does drinking alcohol during pregnancy endanger a developing fetus?
a. It prevents oxygen from crossing through the placenta to the fetus
b. It decreases the excitation of neurons in the fetus's brain.
c. It stimulates the mother's abdominal muscles, leading to premature birth.
d. It changes the ratio of sodium to potassium within axons.
b
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Kurt and his wife Trina both suffer from a sexual dysfunction. Regarding their sex hormone levels, what is the most likely pattern?
a. They both have high levels of sex hormones. b. They both have low levels of sex hormones. c. They both have normal levels of sex hormones. d. Kurt has low levels of sex hormones, while Trina has high levels. e. Trina has low levels of sex hormones, while Kurt has high levels.
According to the health belief model, individuals will follow a positive health behavior if the behavior:
a. outweighs its "costs". c. makes them feel good. b. is something the person is familiar with. d. can be learned.
Imagine that a child drops a ball from her highchair and sees it fall to the ground. Later, as she sits in her bed, she holds a toy and she expects that, if she drops the toy outside of her bed, that it will fall to the floor. In fact, she believes that this type of effect will occur whenever she drops an object. This best illustrates:
a. deductive reasoning. b. inductive reasoning. c. theory-driven research. d. hypothetical reasoning.
Suppose you read in the newspaper that someone robbed a store after watching a particularly violent movie. If you were a cognitive psychologist seeking to understand this behavior, you would be most interested in whether the
a. individual really needed the money. b. individual had relatives who were also robbers. c. movie affected the thoughts and attitudes of the individual. d. individual had a happy childhood without conflict and stress.