Which of these statements regarding neonatal or perinatal bereavement is true?

a. Parents of children who die at birth often have a difficult time realizing their loss.
b. When a couple loses a neonate, it is helpful if the woman can become pregnant again to help the couple through the grieving period.
c. Mourning the death of a fetus or newborn baby differs from mourning the death of another loved one because parents must suffer detachment without identification.
d. A baptism can never be performed when the infant is born dead.


a.

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Ashley and her partner do not have children. Which of the following is a macro-level factor that may have contributed to their fertility?

a) They don't want to have children. b) Ashley experienced infertility. c) Neither earns very much money and they don't feel that they can afford a child. d) They live in a culture in which children are more of a liability than a benefit. e) They are rebelling against their parents who are pressuring them to give them grandchildren to play with.

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One of the earliest sociologists to pay close attention to status of women was: a. Harriet Martineau. b. Emile Durkheim

c. Jane Addams. d. W.E.B. DuBois.

Sociology

In addition to feelings of relative deprivation, which of the following help transform social discontent into a social movement?

a. the feeling that individuals have the right to seek their goals b. the feeling that mobilization can occur without a shared perception of the need for collective action c. the feeling that change can occur by working within the system and using conventional tactics d. the feeling that the discontented group's goals cannot be attained through conventional means

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