A Child Whose Mother Drank Heavily When She Was Pregnant

question 171

Multiple Choice

A child whose mother drank heavily when she was pregnant is at heightened risk of

• A) being emotionally excitable during childhood.
• B) becoming insecurely attached.
• C) being born with the physical and cognitive abnormalities of fetal alcoholsyndrome.
• D) addiction to a range of drugs throughout life.

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