Putting Babies to Sleep on Their Backs to Reduce the Risk

question 266

Multiple Choice

Putting babies to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of a smothering crib death has been associated with a slight delay in children's

• A)walking.
• B)crawling.
• C)bladder control.
• D)stranger anxiety.

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that involves making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty, based on how much it resembles the typical case.

Theory of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, knowledge—to oneself and others, and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, and intentions that are different from one's own.

Transference

The process by which emotions, desires, or expectations are redirected and applied to a new object or person, often unconsciously and stemming from previous relationships.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember and give more weight to information that is encountered first in a series.