Your friends, John and Lisa, are wondering whether their newborn son can feel pain. What can you tell them about infants' ability to feel pain?

a. Infant nervous systems are not sufficiently developed to transmit pain.
b. The skin of infants does not have as many pain receptors as does the skin of adults.
c. Behavior suggests that newborns do not experience pain.
d. Physical development and behavior suggests that newborns are capable of feeling pain.

d

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A) focus on a single topic; focus on family B) focus on family; focus on a single topic C) focus on family; include different characters D) include different characters; focus on a single topic

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If schizophrenia were recategorized in an upcoming edition of the DSM, it would MOST likely be classed as a(n) ______ disorder.

a. neurodevelopmental b. anxiety c. dissociative d. personality

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