Which statement given to expectant parents is FALSE?
A) The fetus is more vulnerable to teratogens than is the embryo.
B) There is no medical consensus as to a "safe" amount of alcohol consumption for pregnant women.
C) Prenatal exposure to secondhand smoke can result in deficits in learning and attention.
D) Pregnant women should avoid eating fish containing large amounts of mercury.
A) The fetus is more vulnerable to teratogens than is the embryo.
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a. 0.8 percent c. 2.6 percent b. 0.5 percent d. 3 percent
What sets Aka fathers in central Africa apart from other hunter-gatherer fathers around the world?
a. They do not set eyes on their children until they turn 18 years of age. b. They never touch their female children. c. They spend a great deal of time holding and nurturing their children. d. They take over child rearing from the mothers when their children become toddlers.
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's view, the child is
A) tainted by original sin. B) a tabula rasa. C) a noble savage. D) an active, purposeful being.
What do simple and stratified random sampling have in common?
A. Both involve making sure your sample represents key subpopulations of interest. B. Both require the researcher to identify all members of the population. C. Both are nonprobability sampling techniques. D. Both involve randomly selecting a cluster of people, rather than individuals.