You are out to dinner with your friend who is in her second trimester of pregnancy. You order a beer and she proceeds to order a glass of wine
When you raise a concern about alcohol being dangerous for the developing fetus, she replies, "My doctor told me it was okay to have a glass of wine once in a while." What is your evaluation of this advice?
What will be an ideal response?
No safe amount of alcohol has been determined during pregnancy. Even a few drinks can put a developing fetus at risk for lower height, weight, and head size and heavy drinking causes FASD. There is a dose-response relation between alcohol and negative effects.
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A. It's a myth-there's basically no difference between men and women in verbal performance. B. It's a bit of a generalization-the difference between men and women in verbal performance is quite small. C. It's real-women outscore men on tests of verbal ability by a long shot. D. It says nothing yet-empirical research has not examined this idea.
Behavior therapists look upon illnesses such as depression and hypochondriasis as ________.
A) a result of childhood repression B) an indication of unconscious problems C) learned problems to be alleviated D) biologically transmitted diseases
A different audio message is played to each ear. The task is to repeat back the message as soon as it is heard (e.g., Cherry, 1954; Lindsay & Norman, 1977). This task is most commonly called __________
a. masking b. priming c. shadowing d. repetition blindness