CHAPTER 04 EXAM SCRIPT PHYSIOLOGIC
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING
PREGNANCY 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Preparing for the baby and end of pregnancy
The woman and her partner prepare clothing and sleeping
arrangements for the baby but also grow impatient as they ready
themselves for birth.
a. First trimester task
b. Second trimester task
c. Third trimester task. Answer: c. Third trimester task
◉ Accepting the fetus
The woman and her partner move through emotions such as
narcissism and introversion as they concentrate on what it will feel
like to be a parent.
Role-playing and increased dreaming are common.
,a. First trimester task
b. Second trimester task
c. Third trimester task. Answer: b. Second trimester task
◉ In reality, as many as ____ of pregnancies are still unintended,
unwanted, or mistimed
a. 5%
b. 20%
c. 49%. Answer: c. 49%
◉ Quickening. Answer: the first moment a woman feels fetal
movement
◉ A good way to measure the level of a woman's acceptance of her
coming baby is to:. Answer: measure how well she follows prenatal
instructions.
◉ But before a woman can take on a mothering role, she has to give
up or alter her present role as she will never be the woman she has
been in exactly the same way again.
,a. grief
b. narcissism
c. introversion vs extroversion
d. body image and boundary. Answer: a. grief
◉ Body boundary. Answer: a zone of separation you perceive
between yourself and objects or other people
◉ _______ causes as many as 15% of women to enter pregnancy
feeling depressed; others grow depressed during pregnancy,
especially if they lack a meaningful support person.
a. Anxiety
b. PTSD
c. Depression. Answer: c. Depression
◉ Common drugs prescribed for depression can be teratogenic to a
fetus as well as cause hypertension in the woman
a. teratogenic
b. cause hypertension
c. decrease risk of suicide
d. a and b only. Answer: d. a and b only
, ◉ couvade syndrome. Answer: somatic symptoms experienced by
the father during pregnancy simulating those of the pregnant
mother
◉ Causes of mood changes in pregnant women (select all that
apply):
a. symptom of "narcissism"
b. decrease in estrogen
c. increase in progesterone
d. increase in testosterone
e. increase in estrogen. Answer: a. symptom of "narcissism"
c. increase in progesterone
e. increase in estrogen
◉ During the first trimester, most women report a ______ because of
the nausea, fatigue, and breast tenderness that accompany early
pregnancy.
a. decrease in libido
b. increase in libido
c. no change in libido. Answer: a. decrease in libido
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING
PREGNANCY 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Preparing for the baby and end of pregnancy
The woman and her partner prepare clothing and sleeping
arrangements for the baby but also grow impatient as they ready
themselves for birth.
a. First trimester task
b. Second trimester task
c. Third trimester task. Answer: c. Third trimester task
◉ Accepting the fetus
The woman and her partner move through emotions such as
narcissism and introversion as they concentrate on what it will feel
like to be a parent.
Role-playing and increased dreaming are common.
,a. First trimester task
b. Second trimester task
c. Third trimester task. Answer: b. Second trimester task
◉ In reality, as many as ____ of pregnancies are still unintended,
unwanted, or mistimed
a. 5%
b. 20%
c. 49%. Answer: c. 49%
◉ Quickening. Answer: the first moment a woman feels fetal
movement
◉ A good way to measure the level of a woman's acceptance of her
coming baby is to:. Answer: measure how well she follows prenatal
instructions.
◉ But before a woman can take on a mothering role, she has to give
up or alter her present role as she will never be the woman she has
been in exactly the same way again.
,a. grief
b. narcissism
c. introversion vs extroversion
d. body image and boundary. Answer: a. grief
◉ Body boundary. Answer: a zone of separation you perceive
between yourself and objects or other people
◉ _______ causes as many as 15% of women to enter pregnancy
feeling depressed; others grow depressed during pregnancy,
especially if they lack a meaningful support person.
a. Anxiety
b. PTSD
c. Depression. Answer: c. Depression
◉ Common drugs prescribed for depression can be teratogenic to a
fetus as well as cause hypertension in the woman
a. teratogenic
b. cause hypertension
c. decrease risk of suicide
d. a and b only. Answer: d. a and b only
, ◉ couvade syndrome. Answer: somatic symptoms experienced by
the father during pregnancy simulating those of the pregnant
mother
◉ Causes of mood changes in pregnant women (select all that
apply):
a. symptom of "narcissism"
b. decrease in estrogen
c. increase in progesterone
d. increase in testosterone
e. increase in estrogen. Answer: a. symptom of "narcissism"
c. increase in progesterone
e. increase in estrogen
◉ During the first trimester, most women report a ______ because of
the nausea, fatigue, and breast tenderness that accompany early
pregnancy.
a. decrease in libido
b. increase in libido
c. no change in libido. Answer: a. decrease in libido
