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​Born 39 weeks after conception, Sasha weighs in at just under two pounds. Given this information, Sasha is best defined as

​A group of neighborhood children get together a few times a week to play hide and seek, and the game rotates from yard to yard. This is a large-scale example of _______________ play.

​In general, pregnancies are most likely to proceed normally when the mother is between the ages of 20 and ____ years.

When an infant starts licking his lips and salivating when his mother starts to adjust her clothing to nurse, the infant demonstrates _______________ conditioning.

​While Jonah was making his way through his mother’s birth canal, his umbilical cord got wrapped around his neck. Thankfully this situation was resolved before Jonah developed _______, which would have involved a disruption of oxygenated blood to his brain.

​According to your authors, which of the following would promote the BEST growth of cognitive skills?

​If you are pregnant and want to get a prenatal test to assess various aspects of your unborn child’s well-being, which of the following should you avoid if you suffer from trypanophobia (or the fear of needles)?

​____ involves mixing sperm and egg cells together in a Petri dish, and then placing several fertilized eggs inside the mother’s uterus. The hope is that they will become implanted in the uterine wall and lead to pregnancy.

​Jamie is a rather self-centered child who does not like to help other people. Describe three things Jamie’s parents could do to make it more likely that Jamie will engage in altruistic behaviors.

​Which of the following is NOT one of the aspects of a typical four-year-old’s theory of biology?