A Study That Williams and Umberson (1999) Conducted with Expectant

question 43

Multiple Choice

A study that Williams and Umberson (1999) conducted with expectant couples found that

• A) the expectant father and the expectant mother felt differently about the medical technologies (such as sonograms or fetal monitoring) that were used.
• B) the information gained from medical technologies helped the woman adopt a more experience-oriented approach to childbirth.
• C) the use of an epidural injection to reduce the mother's pain had relatively little effect on either the mother's or the father's experience.
• D) most couples said that they wished there was even more technology available to assist them.

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