| In The Birth Order Book Why You Are the
Way You Are (2004), Dr. Kevin Leman notes that 21 of the first 23 Americans in
space were first-born males or only children. More than half of United States
presidents have been first-borns or first-born boys. It’s a pretty significant
finding historically, because families used to be bigger than they are
today. In addition to being high achievers, older children also generally have higher IQs (智商) than younger ones. Researchers have noted that the more kids a family has, the lower each child’s individual IQ tends to be. They give a few reasons for this. Parents only have so much time, attention, and money. The more kids they have, the more these things are divided. First-borns initially get the entire parental-time pie. What’s more, the ratio of grown-ups to kids decreases with eac A. Younger children need parental rather than siblings’ attention. B. Younger children need siblings’ rather than parental attention. C. Younger children feel uncomfortable with more siblings. D. Younger children have less chance to talk with their parents. [单项选择]Historical evidence shows that birth and death rates level off as counties move into the industrial stage（）
A. 历史资料显示，随着国家进入工业社会阶段，人口出生率和死亡率会持平。 B. 历史材料表明，人口出生率和死亡率会下降，因为一些国家进入了工业阶段。 C. 历史材料表明，随着—些国家进入工业高度发展阶段，这些国家的人口出生率和死亡率将会持平。 D. 历史经验告诉我们，人口出生和死亡的比率下降是因为每个国家把重点都放在工业上。 [单项选择]An assisted birth using forceps or a vacuum extractor may be performed for ineffective pushing, for large neonates, to shorten the second stage of labor, or for a malpresentation. When caring for the mother following an assisted birth, the nurse should keep which of the following in mind
A. A vacuum extractor is safer than forceps because it causes less trauma to the neonate and the mother’s perineum. B. The neonate will develop a cephalohematoma as a result of the instrumentation. C. The use of instruments during the birth process is a fairly rare occurrence. D. Additional nursing interventions are needed to ensure an uncomplicated postpartum. [单项选择]While birth plans were perfectly sensible, only one seemed ______ in China's Particular situation.
A. useful B. feasible C. available D. desirable [单项选择]The time right after birth is of great importance because it is a period when _____.
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If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced. 我来回答: 提交
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