Premature Birth and Low Birth Weight Have Been Linked with Later

question 23

Multiple Choice

Premature birth and low birth weight have been linked with later behavioural problems in children. Low birth weight is an example of which of the following?

• A) Prenatal birth complications
• B) Internalizing disorders
• C) Perinatal birth complications
• D) Externalizing disorders
• E) Age-graded birth complications

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Definitions:

Emotion

A complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior.

Affect

Encompasses the experience of feeling or emotion, which can influence thoughts and behaviors.

Mood

A feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event.

Arousal

A physiological reaction, including faster heartbeat and faster or heavier breathing, linked to most conscious emotions