What Is One Factor in Prenatal Development That Has Been

question 97

Multiple Choice

 What is one factor in prenatal development that has been found to be related to increased incidences of schizophrenia later in life?

• A) excess sex hormones during the third trimester
• B) prenatal exposure to Toxoplasma gondii
• C) lack of exercise by the mother early in pregnancy
• D) episodes of maternal depression

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Definitions:

Insight

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of a problem or situation suddenly, often leading to a solution.

Reinforcement

A concept in behaviorism that involves increasing the likelihood of a behavior's occurrence through the administration of rewards or punishments.

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

Pavlovian Conditioning, an associative learning process through which an animal or human learns to link two stimuli, with one stimulus coming to evoke a response originally evoked by the other.