Which statement about the Apgar scale is true?
A. Scores between 4 and 6 indicate that the infant is in good physical condition.
B. 0 is the lowest possible score, and 7 is the highest possible score.
C. It measures five characteristics, each of which receives a rating of 0, 1, or 2.
D. It describes easily observable characteristics of the infant and the mother.
Answer: C
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A. Down syndrome B. Parkinson's disease C. fetal alcohol syndrome D. Huntington's disease
Which statement about encopresis is true? a. Encopresis is more common in girls than boys
b. Up to 3% of 5 year old children are estimated to have encopresis. c. Encopresis usually results from defiance. d. Encopresis may be associated with abnormal defecation dynamics.
Colby's 20-year longitudinal study of moral reasoning showed that
a. nearly half of adults had no moral progression at all. b. many individuals skip stages in Kohlberg's sequence. c. pet ownership relates to higher moral reasoning. d. for most adults, their highest reasoning is at the conventional level (level four).
Behaviorist J. B. Watson objected to early theories of psychology because of their focus on:
a. evolution. b. science. c. mental processes. d. physical processes.