Deck 4: Seciton 4: Beginnings: Parental Development and Birth

Question 1

Embryos exposed to large amounts of alcohol may develop fetal alcohol syndrome.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Apgar scale measures color, heart rate, cry, muscle tone, and breathing.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A threshold effect means that some teratogens are virtually harmless until exposure reaches a certain level, at which point they become damaging.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The rate of both cesarean sections and induced labor is declining worldwide.

Question 5

Genes can influence the effects of teratogens.

Question 6

Behavioral teratogens cause physical defects and brain abnormalities.

Question 7

The last months of prenatal development are a critical period for body formation.

Question 8

The fetus gains about 2 pounds in the third trimester.

Question 9

A newborn's cry is assessed when assigning an Apgar score.

Question 10

Birth takes place around 266 days after conception.

Question 11

About 20 percent of all children have difficulties that could be connected to behavioral teratogens.

Question 12

Doulas have been shown to have little benefit in helping women during the birth process.

Question 13

Every person starts life as a single cell called an embryo.

Question 14

The effects of behavioral teratogens may last a lifetime.

Question 15

Home births are more common in European nations than in the United States.

Question 16

Prenatal development follows a cephalocaudal and a proximodistal pattern.

Question 17

The Apgar scale refers to the age at which a fetus might survive if born.

Question 18

The first two weeks of prenatal development are called the fetal period.

Question 19

At the end of the embryonic period, the embryo has all of the basic organs and body parts (except sex organs) of a human being.

Question 20

Couvade is when the zygote embeds itself into the lining of the uterus.

Question 21

Between 8 and 15 percent of all women experience postpartum depression in the days and weeks after giving birth.

Question 22

The nations of sub-Saharan Africa have low rates of low-birthweight babies.

Question 23

A "small for gestational age" baby means the same as an "underweight preterm" newborn.

Question 24

The strong, loving bond that forms as parents hold and feed their newborn is known as couvade.

Question 25

Fathers do not seem to have any impact on birth outcomes.

Question 26

The status of the fetus, but not the status of the mother, is associated with birth complications.

Question 27

The term for a temporary lack of oxygen is anorexia.

Question 28

The rooting reflex helps a newborn infant find a nipple.

Question 29

Low birthweight is defined as a newborn that weighs less than 2,500 grams.

Question 30

The parental alliance is especially beneficial when an infant is physically vulnerable.

Question 31

Teratogens increase the risk of harm but do not always cause damage.

Question 32

Birth-related complications are more likely when there is a father listed on the birth record.