Your Friends, John and Lisa, Are Wondering Whether Their Newborn

question 98

Multiple Choice

Your friends, John and Lisa, are wondering whether their newborn son can feel pain. What can you tell them about infants' ability to feel pain?

• A) Infant nervous systems are not sufficiently developed to transmit pain.
• B) The skin of infants does not have as many pain receptors as does the skin of adults.
• C) Behavior suggests that newborns do not experience pain.
• D) Physical development and behavior suggests that newborns are capable of feeling pain.

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Definitions:

Developmental Sequence

The chronological order of developmental milestones that individuals typically go through as they grow and mature.

Freud's

Pertaining to the theories of Sigmund Freud, which focus on psychoanalytic concepts of human behavior and personality development.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of psychology developed by Sigmund Freud emphasizing unconscious motives and conflicts.

Oral Psychosexual Stage

The first stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where an infant's pleasure centers on activities involving the mouth.