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Question 1

Fessler Et Al Study (bio)

Aim

Answer 1

To investigate disgust sensitivity of pregnant women in the first trimester in comparison with second and third trimesters.

Question 2

Fessler Et Al Study (bio)

Procedure

Answer 2

• Data was used from an online survey of approx. 500 women recruited through pregnancy related Web sites
• Mean age of 28.1 years
• Participants
  
  • Indicated current level of nausea using a 16-point scale (questions were interspersed with distractor questions)
  • Answered questions to test theory disgust sensitivity in eight different areas (e.g food, contact with animals, body products, and dead animals; contact with toilets)

Question 3

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Findings

Answer 3

• Disgust sensitivity related to food and body products in first trimester was higher compared to those in the second and third trimesters (grouped together)
• Overall disgust was higher in the first trimester
• Food-borne diseases are particularly dangerous to women in the first trimester
  
  • May indicate that nausea and vomiting in the first trimester are evolved behaviors because they limit the likelihood that pregnant women will eat dangerous food

Question 4

Fessler Et Al Study (bio)

Limitations

Answer 4

• Participant bias - self-reported study
• sampling bias - participants recruited from a pregnancy website

Question 5

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Ethical Considerations

Answer 5

• Confidentiality (participants might not want people to know they are pregnant or their levels of disgust)

Question 6

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Research Method

Answer 6

Correlation study