Smoking has multiple potential effects on the embryo and fetus. Explain how it can slow fetal growth, leading to low birth weight babies
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Smoking can cause epigenetic modifications that lead genes critical to growth to be turned off at the wrong times. It also interferes directly with the absorption of oxygen into the fetal bloodstream.
Psychology
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Telling yourself, "I should wear what other people are wearing at the party tonight," is an example of
A) conformity. B) counterRemember the Facts thinking. C) compliance. D) obedience.
Psychology