Latrisha lives in a lower SES African-American neighborhood in a mid-sized city in the Southeast United States. The nearest grocery store is 2 miles away and is not served by public transit. The convenience stores in her neighborhood sell only alcohol, cigarettes, soda, and high-sodium or high-sugar snack foods. Latrisha lives in a ______.
A. nutritional black hole
B. food desert
C. food vacuum
D. health abyss
B. food desert
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In the age-old debate between the influences of nature versus nurture on human behaviour, the general consensus is that:
A) behaviour is almost exclusively the result of genetic factors (nature). B) behaviour is almost exclusively the result of environmental factors (nurture). C) behaviour is almost exclusively the result of genetic factors (epigenetics). D) both nature and nurture are important determinants of human behaviour.
Depressed people tend to believe that ________
a. the reason for their misery is external. b. this bleak despair is terrible, but it will pass. c. their misery is permanent and uncontrollable. d. if they just had the energy, they could control the situation.
According to the article Pants on Fire about detection of high stake lies, the high stake lies were called that
because the participants were given _____ if they were believed (a) money (b) vouchers for free dinners (c) extra credit in their psychology class (d) lottery tickets
The British government classifies the highly addictive crystallized form of ________ as one of the most dangerous of drugs.
a. melatonin b. methamphetamine c. THC d. cortisol e. heroin