Question 1

During a woman's monthly menstrual cycle, her ovary releases an egg in the process of

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A)   meiosis.
B)   implantation.
C)   fertilization.
D)   ovulation.

Question 2

Data on pain control during labor and delivery show that in the United States

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A)   about three-quarters of women have an epidural or spinal analgesic to provide pain relief during their labor.
B)   most women do not need any medication to provide pain relief while they are in labor.
C)   most women find that controlled breathing techniques are all that they need to manage their discomfort during labor.
D)   three-quarters of women use an epidural during labor, but most report that it was ineffective in controlling their pain.

Question 3

A recent study of the impact of drinking alcohol during pregnancy found that drinking throughout pregnancy raised the risk of fetal alcohol syndrome disorder

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A)   12 times.
B)   25 times.
C)   50 times.
D)   65 times.

Question 4

Abnormal facial features, small stature, a small head, cognitive deficits, and trouble controlling behavior and emotions are all characteristics associated with

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A)   maternal rubella during a pregnancy.
B)   fetal alcohol syndrome.
C)   a poor maternal diet.
D)   use of prescription drugs while pregnant.

Question 5

The outer ring of cells in the blastocyst will go on to become the

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A)   support system for the pregnancy.
B)   trophoblast.
C)   chorion.
D)   embryo.

Question 6

If a woman has an active case of genital herpes at the time she is ready to deliver her baby

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A)   the doctor will swab her birth canal with an antibiotic during the second stage of labor.
B)   the doctor will induce labor in the eighth month of the pregnancy.
C)   the baby is usually delivered by cesarean section rather than through a vaginal delivery.
D)   it is unlikely that the infant will survive the delivery.

Question 7

Today the survival rate for premature infants weighing less than 1500 grams is

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A)   approximately 90%.
B)   less than 50%.
C)   decreasing, rather than increasing.
D)   the same as it was two decades ago.

Question 8

Between 1965 and 2003, the amount of time that men spent in caring for a newborn

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A)   doubled.
B)   tripled.
C)   remained about the same.
D)   decreased by 25%.

Question 9

A prematurity stereotype is

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A)   beneficial to premature infants because we expect very little from them, and this is appropriate for their developmental level.
B)   a stereotypically negative view of a premature infant that results in parents or others lowering their expectations for the child.
C)   the belief that premature infants who survive are especially graced, and should be treated with deference and respect.
D)   the idea that premature infants need to be "toughened up" so you should demand even more from them than a full-term infant.

Question 10

It is recommended that women who are HIV-positive do not breastfeed their infants because

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A)   the HIV virus is present in the mother's breast milk and can be passed to the infant this way.
B)   most HIV-positive women cannot produce enough milk to successfully breastfeed their infants.
C)   infants born to mothers with HIV are too weak to nurse and must be fed intravenously.
D)   women with HIV need to devote so much time to their own health needs that they do not have time necessary to breastfeed.

Question 11

Throughout prenatal development, we see cephalocaudal development which means that development

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A)   begins at the central line of the body and works outwards from there.
B)   proceeds from the head region down through the body.
C)   is very rapid at the beginning of the pregnancy, but then slows down.
D)   is very vulnerable to damage early in the pregnancy, but is more resistant later on.

Question 12

The cause of many cases of premature births remains unknown.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A study that Williams and Umberson (1999)  conducted with expectant couples found that

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A)   the expectant father and the expectant mother felt differently about the medical technologies (such as sonograms or fetal monitoring)  that were used.
B)   the information gained from medical technologies helped the woman adopt a more experience-oriented approach to childbirth.
C)   the use of an epidural injection to reduce the mother's pain had relatively little effect on either the mother's or the father's experience.
D)   most couples said that they wished there was even more technology available to assist them.

Question 14

What are the three layers that form from the blastocyst and what does each layer become?

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Question 15

Couvade is

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A)   when the woman first feels the fetus moving in her womb.
B)   a sympathetic pregnancy a man might experience while his partner is pregnant.
C)   a prenatal genetic diagnostic test.
D)   a measure of the newborn's functioning.

Question 16

Infants who are born prematurely

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A)   have less than a 20% chance of surviving their first month of life.
B)   inevitably go on to have a severe range of disabilities later in life.
C)   will have some degree of mental retardation, usually at the severe end.
D)   have a wide range of developmental outcomes, from mild to severe

Question 17

Name and describe the four levels of consciousness experienced by infants in the first few months of life.

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Question 18

Between 1991 and 2005 there has been little change in the percent of women who use alcohol while they are pregnant.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Research with primates has found that when maternal diets were inadequate for a sustained part of a pregnancy, the infants

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A)   were more prone to later become obese when they were raised in an environment where food was abundant. 
B)   tended to stay small and lighter throughout their lifetime.
C)   appeared to be unaffected, but their offspring tended to be weak and malnourished.
D)   still managed to get all the nutrients that they needed from their mothers.

Question 20

During prenatal development

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A)   all the baby's senses become functional to some extent.
B)   the developing baby is protected from all sensory input from the environment.
C)   rudimentary senses develop, but most of this development does not occur until after birth.
D)   auditory and visual senses develop, but the remaining senses are not yet functional.

Exam 5: Prenatal Development, the Newborn, and the Transition to Parenthood

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