Question

Mothers raising children with special needs are most likely to exhibit:

A death-deferral phenomenon.

B shortened telomeres.

C terminal decline.

D neurogenesis.

If a child is born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and has severe facial and body deformities, it is most likely that his mother drank heavy amounts of alcohol particularly during the:

A zygotic period of development.

B embryonic period of development.

C ninth month of pregnancy.

D None of the above.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The correct answer is B. shortened telomeres.

Mothers raising children with special needs are most likely to exhibit a great amount of stress that increases the speed of telomeres shortening.

2. The correct answer is B. Embryonic period of development.

The facial deformity is done if a mother drinks excessively during the 6th-9th week of pregnancy, which is also an embryonic stage of pregnancy.