What is the difference between a preterm and a low-birth-weight baby?

What will be an ideal response?


Preterm babies are born before 37 weeks of gestation, whereas low-birth-weight babies weigh less than 5.5 pounds.
98) Justin has fetal alcohol syndrome, which led to cerebral palsy.

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Coercive family environments refer to situations where family members

a. eventually gain complete control over their children. b. are locked in power struggles. c. use discussion to try to persuade others to adopt their position. d. establish a power hierarchy that allows them to solve problems swiftly and smoothly.

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Margie gave birth to a 3-pound baby when she was 15 years old. The most likely reason for a teenager having a low-birthweight baby is

a smaller pelvis than that of an older woman. that as a teenager, she is still growing. due to hormonal fluctuations. inadequate nutrition during pregnancy.

Psychology

According to linguists, language is

a. modular, separate, and distinct from other kinds of processing. b. a general cognitive problem-solving capacity. c. framed by advances in the child's thought processes. d. more environmentally determined than it is biological.

Psychology

Two months ago, Jack moved and he had difficulty remembering his new telephone number. His old telephone number kept "popping into mind." Last week, Jack was involved in a serious fall that caused head trauma

Although he was seriously injured, he has no memory of the fall. What types of memory problems are illustrated by these two examples? a) Both involve retrograde amnesia. b) Both involve proactive interference. c) The telephone problem involves interference; the fall involves retrograde amnesia. d) The telephone problem involves anterograde amnesia; the fall involves retrograde amnesia.

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