Sergio's wife is pregnant, but he smokes all the time inside the house. Cigarette smoke has been known to cause birth defects and negatively alter cognitive and behavioral outcomes in unborn babies. Sergio is exposing his child to which type of agent?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

A teratogen

Psychology

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a) Anna, who refuses to learn to snow board because she knows she won't be good at it b) Angela, who is eager to be a pre-school teacher because she thinks the children won't challenge her authority c) Amasa, who is applying for a National Science Foundation grant because she believes her research is worth the investment d) Shawna, who became seriously ill after losing her job and was too worried to find another

Psychology

Muscular control spreads in a pattern from head to toe, according to the

a. zone of proximal development. b. adaptive gradient. c. cephalocaudal pattern. d. proximodistal pattern.

Psychology