Based on the Study Begin in Seattle in 1974 (Steissguth

question 37

Multiple Choice

Based on the study begin in Seattle in 1974 (Steissguth, 2007) that followed the offspring of mothers who had engaged in varied amounts of drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy found you would predict that at age 14, a child who did not have fetal alcohol syndrome, but whose mother was a heavy drinker, would exhibit

• A) a strong tendency toward suicide.
• B) deficits in attention span.
• C) drug problems.
• D) increased reaction time.

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