Which of the Following Are Methods in Which Children with AIDS

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are methods in which children with AIDS could have contracted their disease? (Select all that apply. )

• A) During intrauterine life with an HIV-positive mother
• B) During the birth process of an HIV-positive mother
• C) From other children who are HIV-positive
• D) From receiving a transfusion contaminated with the HIV
• E) From breast-feeding by an HIV-positive mother

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Definitions:

Cognitive Shortcuts

Mental strategies or heuristics that simplify decision making by reducing the amount of processing required to come to conclusions.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb" that simplify decision-making processes, often used unconsciously.

System I

A term from cognitive science referring to the fast, automatic, and often unconscious way of thinking, contrasted with slower, more deliberate thought.

Dual-Process Theory

The proposal that judgment involves two types of thinking: a fast, efficient, but sometimes faulty set of strategies, and a slower, more laborious, but less risky set of strategies.