Kiko Just Experienced a Miscarriage After Being Pregnant for Nearly

question 29

Multiple Choice

Kiko just experienced a miscarriage after being pregnant for nearly seven months. In what way would her grief be different than that of Ishi, whose child died unexpectedly at six months of age?

• A) Kiko would display significantly less sadness.
• B) People would expect Kiko to recover much faster.
• C) Kiko would exhibit more anticipatory grief.
• D) People would avoid making comments about Kiko's situation.

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Definitions:

Environmental Input

External factors or stimuli from the surrounding environment that influence the development or behavior of an organism.

Sensory Register

The part of the information-processing system that stores input from the sensory organs for a fraction of a second, during which time it is either attended to and moved into working memory or lost from the system.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily holding small amounts of information in mind for a brief period.

Transductively

Transductively refers to the cognitive process in children where reasoning is made from one specific instance to another, often without logical basis in the adult sense.