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A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e

Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman

Pregnancy and Prenatal Development

True/False


1	Prospective parents are likely to be aware of their unborn baby's sleep-wake cycle by the sixth month of pregnancy.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Normal full-term gestation is 360 days.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	It usually takes 1 week for the fertilized ovum to reach the uterus.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The embryonic disk differentiates into three layers from which the various parts of the body will develop.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Most developmental birth defects occur during the first trimester of pregnancy.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Male babies are stronger than female babies and more likely to survive.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Differences in fetal activity seem to indicate temperamental patterns that may continue into adulthood.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Research has shown that fetuses can hear.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	In many states, expectant mothers who took illegal drugs have been prosecuted for child abuse or for delivering a controlled substance to a minor.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Gaining too much weight during pregnancy is riskier than gaining too little.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	Giving folic acid supplements to pregnant women can help prevent neural-tube defects.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Jogging, swimming, bicycling, or playing tennis is likely to overstrain a pregnant woman and endanger the fetus.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	It is not safe for a pregnant woman to take aspirin.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	Any ill effects on a child of drugs taken during pregnancy will show up at or soon after birth.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	An expectant mother who takes as little as one alcoholic drink per day may harm the fetus.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	Cutting down on smoking during pregnancy can increase the baby's birth weight.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	Women addicted to opiates are likely to bear addicted babies.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	A child born with HIV infection will develop AIDS within the first two years of life.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	If a mother contracts German measles at any time during her pregnancy, her baby is almost certain to be born deaf or with heart defects.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	Women who delay childbearing until their late thirties are more likely to have complications of pregnancy than younger mothers.
		A)	True
		B)	False


21	An unborn child can be harmed by the mother's smoking but not by the father's smoking.
		A)	True
		B)	False


22	In England, a woman who became pregnant in the 1890s was fifty times as likely to die in childbirth as today.
		A)	True
		B)	False


23	Chorionic villus sampling can be performed earlier in a pregnancy than amniocentesis.
		A)	True
		B)	False


24	In the United States, nearly 1 in 5 pregnant women does not receive prenatal care in the first three months.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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