Small-for-date infants, especially those who are also preterm, ________
A) catch fewer infections during the first year
B) are less likely to die during the first year
C) more often show evidence of brain damage
D) have higher intelligence tests by middle childhood
Answer: C
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a. be even more skeptical than usual about such an unlikely excuse. b. be less skeptical than usual about the excuse. c. overlook the student's cognitive dissonance. d. fall victim to the sleeper effect.
Which of the following statements about stage 6 moral reasoning in Kohlberg's model is most accurate?
a. Stage 6 reasoning requires the development of a set of universal ethical principles that apply across time and culture. b. Most adults function at stage 6 reasoning. c. At stage 6, decisions about justice are based on whether the behavior upholds or violates the laws of society. d. At stage 6, judgments about behavior are based on whether authorities approve or disapprove.
___ probably contribute(s) to the cognitive deficits and dementia that sometimes accompanies Parkinson's
a. Amyloid plaques b. Lewy bodies c. Degeneration of the prefrontal cortex d. Delirium
Which of the following may explain why smokers obtain more pleasure from smoking in the morning than late in the afternoon?
a. Nicotine receptors are in the open state in the morning. b. Nicotine receptors are in the closed state in the evening. c. Abstinence from nicotine has reset their nicotine receptors to the closed state. d. Smoking decreases the number of nicotine receptors in the brain. e. Smoking decreases the number of nicotine receptors outside the brain.