Author Question: Ebonie, a psychology student, is pregnant with her first child and is concerned about the possible ... (Read 44 times)

melina_rosy · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Ebonie, a psychology student, is pregnant with her first child and is concerned about the possible impacts of chronic stress on the baby. She has read about studies implicating stress in premature births. She looks further, reading about research in animals as well as humans. The findings indicate which additional potential areas for concern?

A) That her baby may have a low birth weight
B) That her baby may be more reactive to stress
C) That her baby may have developmental delays
D) That her baby may have any or all these results

Question 2

Regarding the effects of stress on pregnancy, research indicates that __________

A) acute stress is the riskiest for complications to occur during pregnancy.
B) stress early in the pregnancy is riskier than stress later in the pregnancy.
C) stress later in the pregnancy is riskier than stress early in the pregnancy.
D) both a and c.