Test 4

Question 1

An important distinction between postpartum blues and postpartum depression is that postpartum blues

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begin sooner after childbirth

Question 2

When a woman drinks too much alcohol during pregnancy, her infant may be born with fetal alcohol syndrome, which is most often characterized by

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mental retardation or other forms of developmental disabilities.

Question 3

Antisocial personality disorder

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involves problems such as aggressiveness and difficulty in controlling impulses.

Question 4

Suppose that a young female patient in the United States suffers from complications from female genital mutilation, performed before she emigrated. People from this patient’s culture are likely to believe that

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the procedure makes the genitals cleaner and reduces sexual activity outside of marriage.

Question 5

You visit a nearby mall and look through two department stores that cater to two different kinds of shoppers. If you looked in the maternity clothes section of each store, you would be likely to see that

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in the low-status store, maternity clothes are near the uniforms.

Question 6

Which of the following women is least likely to develop postpartum depression?

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a woman who receives attention and support from family and friends

Question 7

Which of the following statements about female genital mutilation is correct?

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This operation involves cutting or removing part or parts of the female genitals.

Question 8

According to the discussion of medical aspects of AIDS

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people who are HIV positive are very contagious during the initial stages of the infection, even if they have no symptoms.

Question 9

A common emotional reaction to pregnancy is

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a feeling of transition into adulthood.

Question 10

According to research about couples’ reasons for not wanting to have a child, the results included all of the following reasons except:

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Parenthood is too challenging

Question 11

According to the discussion about AIDS prevention,

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many people are actually HIV positive, but they don’t yet know it.

Question 12

Susan uses a wheelchair. Her intelligence is normal, yet waiters in restaurants tend to ignore her and ask her companion what Susan wants to eat. Susan is experiencing

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ableism

Question 13

Studies on “natural childbirth” have shown that

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mothers who have had “natural childbirth” typically require less medication.

Question 14

What can we conclude about therapist bias in diagnosing depression?

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Therapists are more likely to say that a woman is depressed, in comparison to a man - even when they have similar symptoms.

Question 15

Which of the following is not one of the advantages of breast feeding (as opposed to bottle feeding)?

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It encourages a stronger bond between the baby and the baby’s father.

Question 16

According to the stereotypes about motherhood,

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a woman experiences complete fulfillment when she becomes a mother.

Question 17

People who experience psychological depression are likely to have all of the following problems except

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remembering positive information more accurately than negative information.

Question 18

The data on gender comparisons for behavior related to suicide show that

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women are more likely than men to think about suicide, but men are more likely to die from suicide.

Question 19

Preventing the spread of the AIDS virus is difficult because

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many people are HIV positive, but don’t know it.

Question 20

Imagine that you are at a party at a friend’s home, and you see a pregnant woman in one of the rooms. Based on the information in the section on attitudes toward pregnant women, you would expect to find that people would

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be likely to touch her stomach and give plenty of uninvited advice.

Question 21

Which of the following would be the best example of “hostile sexism” directed toward a pregnant woman?

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Employers are likely to avoid hiring a pregnant woman.

Question 22

Suppose that you know someone who says her therapist has told her she has a ruminative style in dealing with depression. This means that she is likely to

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think extensively about the reasons for her depression.

Question 23

On a talk show about medical issues, you hear the guest physician discussing the number of people in the United States whose overall health is poor. A term you are especially likely to hear in connection with this discussion is

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morbidity

Question 24

Which of the following statements about osteoporosis is correct?

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Women of all ages should be careful about taking sufficient vitamin D and calcium.

Question 25

In Chapter 12, the discussion of overweight women pointed out that

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people who are overweight are often judged differently than people who are average weight.

Question 26

LaTisha consumes fewer than 300 calories a day, even though she weighs 90 pounds and is 5’6” tall. Amazingly, she tells her friends she is overweight. LaTisha probably has

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anorexia nervosa

Question 27

According to the information about gender and alcohol,

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if a man and a woman who both weigh 150 pounds consume 3 ounces of whiskey, the woman’s blood alcohol level will probably be higher.

Question 28

The topic of physical health is important in a textbook about the Psychology of Women because

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gender makes a difference in the way that a disease is diagnosed.

Question 29

The discussion of preterm births pointed out that

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women who are overly thin are at risk for a preterm birth.

Question 30

The chapter on women’s physical health pointed out that the only kind of female health problem that receives abundant attention is

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problems with the reproductive system.

Question 31

If you looked in a book entitled Pharmacotherapy, you would be most likely to see information about

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medication that are prescribed to relieve psychological disorders.

Question 32

Two or three times a week, Helga has a strong urge to eat huge amounts of food, sometimes an entire cake or four helpings at an all-you-can-eat restaurant. Afterwards, she doesn’t use laxatives and she never tries to vomit. She is now about 80 pounds above the recommended body weight. Your best guess is that Helga’s problem would be called

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binge-eating disorder.

Question 33

According to the research on emotional reactions, pregnant women

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often experience a mixture of both positive and negative emotions.

Question 34

What can we conclude about emotional reactions to childbirth?

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There is a wide range of emotional reactions to the childbirth experience.

Question 35

With respect to pregnancy, the term “miscarriage” is defined as

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a termination of pregnancy that is not intended, prior to the 20th week of pregnancy.

Question 36

The research on nausea during pregnancy shows that

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50-90% of women experience nausea at some point in their pregnancies.

Question 37

What can be concluded about physical reactions to pregnancy?

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The individual differences in physical reactions are very large.

Question 38

Which of the following statements about women’s health is correct?

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More women die of cardiovascular disease than of all forms of cancer combined.

Question 39

The “high-tech” approach to childbirth has

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led to lower death rates for both babies and their mothers.

Question 40

Which of the following statements best summarizes the medical treatment that women receive?

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Women sometimes receive too much medical treatment, and sometimes too little medical treatment.

Question 41

Which of the following factors is most predictive of major depression in women?

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lack of control over one’s life

Question 42

Chapter 11 discussed conversational patterns between physicians and patients. This discussion pointed out that

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female patients are more likely than male patients to say that their physicians talk down to them.

Question 43

A cognitive-behavioral therapist would be most likely to suggest which of the following?

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Reinterpreting negative thought patterns so that they are more neutral

Question 44

The data on cardiovascular disease show that

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women who are having a heart attack often have different symptoms than men do.

Question 45

The placenta

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is an organ that helps to provide the embryo with oxygen and nutrients.

Question 46

Which of the following is a common symptom of anorexia nervosa?

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loss of menstrual periods

Question 47

The discussion of the biology of pregnancy stated that

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the egg and the sperm unite while the egg is traveling down the fallopian tube.

Question 48

People with bulimia nervosa

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appear to have “normal” body weight.

Question 49

A person with major depression is likely to

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be unable to experience pleasure.

Question 50

Women’s emotional reaction to pregnancy seems primarily to depend on

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a combination of physical, social, and cultural factors.

Question 51

Which of the following statements about breast cancer is true?

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Each year in the United States approximately 190,000 women are diagnosed with beast cancer, and approximately 40,000 die from the disease.

Question 52

Which of the following statements about labor and childbirth is correct?

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The second stage ends when the baby is born.

Question 53

According to the discussion of women with disabilities,

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people without disabilities should appreciate the fact that they could easily become people with disabilities.

Question 54

Which of the following statements about breast feeding is correct?

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About 80% of North American mothers now breast-feed their infants, at least in early infancy.

Question 55

How are mothers actually treated in our North American culture?

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They occupy a position of relatively low prestige.

Question 56

Which of the following students provides one of the valid explanations for gender differences in life expectancy?

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Rosa: “Women visit their health-care providers more often than men do.”

Question 57

During the third stage of labor,

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the placenta is delivered.

Question 58

A woman who tells you that she has had a hysterectomy has had

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her uterus removed

Question 59

Research on gender differences in life expectancy shows that

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in almost every country in the world, women live longer than men.

Question 60

Postpartum depression

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may last for many months.