Which Statement About Infant Mortality Rates Is FALSE

question 202

Multiple Choice

Which statement about infant mortality rates is FALSE?

• A) The current rate is less than 1% in Western, industrialized nations.
• B) Medicalization of birth has significantly increased the infant mortality rate.
• C) The rate is twice as high for black infants than for white infants.
• D) In some areas of sub-Saharan Africa, the infant mortality rate is about 15%.

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Definitions:

Sensory Registers

The initial processing systems in the brain that hold incoming information from the senses for a very brief period of time.

STM

Stands for Short-Term Memory, which is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

LTM

Stands for Long-Term Memory, which is the capability of the brain to store, preserve, and recall information over extended periods of time.

Sperling's Experiments

Studies conducted by George Sperling that investigated the capacity and duration of visual sensory memory.