Answer to Question 1
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1. Correct. A father typically goes through three phases of acceptance: accepting the bi-ologic fact, adjusting to the reality, focusing on his role.
2. Incorrect. The father-child attachment can be as strong as the mother-child relationship and can also begin during pregnancy.
3. Incorrect. In the last 2 months of pregnancy, many expectant fathers work hard to im-prove the environment of the home for the child.
4. Incorrect. Typically, the expectant father's ambivalence ends by the first trimester and he progresses to adjusting to the reality of the situation and then focusing on his role.
Answer to Question 2
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1. Incorrect. The woman first centers on herself as pregnant, then on the baby as an entity separate from herself, then on her responsibilities as a mother. The expressions I am preg-nant, I am going to have a baby, I am going to be a mother sum up the progression through the three phases.
2. Incorrect. The woman first centers on herself as pregnant, then on the baby as an entity separate from herself, then on her responsibilities as a mother. The expressions I am preg-nant, I am going to have a baby, I am going to be a mother sum up the progression through the three phases.
3. Incorrect. The woman first centers on herself as pregnant, then on the baby as an entity separate from herself, then on her responsibilities as a mother. The expressions I am preg-nant, I am going to have a baby, I am going to be a mother sum up the progression through the three phases.
4. Correct. The woman first centers on herself as pregnant, then on the baby as an entity separate from herself, then on her responsibilities as a mother. The expressions I am preg-nant, I am going to have a baby, I am going to be a mother sum up the progression through the three phases.