Barbara Has Been Told She Is Ready to Deliver

question 161

Multiple Choice

Barbara has been told she is ready to deliver. Which of the following has most likely occurred?

• A) She has received an episiotomy.
• B) Her amniotic sac has ruptured.
• C) She has been in labour for about 12 hours.
• D) The cervix is effaced and dilated to 10 cm.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information presented at the beginning of a list or sequence better than information that comes later.

Recency Effect

A memory bias where the most recently presented information is remembered better than older information.

TOT Effect

The Tip-of-the-Tongue phenomenon where a person cannot fully recall a word or name, but has partial recall and a sense of imminent retrieval.

Flashbulb Memories

Highly detailed, exceptionally vivid 'snapshot' memories of the moment and circumstances in which a piece of shocking news was heard.