Infants who are born below the average weight are labeled into three categories. Define each of
these three categories. For each, present one possible cause and one possible effect.
What will be an ideal response?
Low birth weight – infant weighs less than 5.5 pounds; diet, diet pills, tobacco, alcohol; learning
problems.
ADHD Preterm – born before 38th week gestation;multiple births; lung problems causing breathing
difficulties.
Small-for-date – completed at least 37 weeks of gestation but are smaller than expected; nutrition,
tobacco, maternal stress, learning disabilities.
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Which of the following statements about hormone replacement therapy is true?
It involves replacing testosterone that naturally declines with age. Researchers now believe that the studies demonstrating its positive effects were invalid. Physicians currently recommend it to a large proportion of menopausal women. It increases the risk of osteoporosis.
One night, you go to a lecture by a psychologist who emphasizes our early ancestors. For example, when describing marital infidelity,
he suggests that our ancestors were not monogamous because not being monogamous was adaptive behavior and increased the chances for survival. It is likely that the psychologist endorses the ________ approach. a. cognitive b. biological c. evolutionary d. psychodynamic