The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011) has established categories for obesity, overweight, and at risk for being overweight. These categories are determined by the ________ index.

A. body volume
B. body mass
C. homeostatic
D. glycemic


Answer: B

Psychology

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Ira believes that aggression is an acquired tendency picked up by observing others and by experience with rewards and punishments. Ira's beliefs are most consistent with

a. social learning theory. b. the evolutionary perspective. c. instinct theory. d. negative affect escape model.

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Select a television or radio commercial that makes a claim (e.g., "Bluebird fabric softener makes your clothes feel softer"). Put that claim to the test by using the five-question process of critical thinking.?

What will be an ideal response?

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The following was not true of Hull's theory:

a. He used a large number of interrelating variables. b. He attempted to mathematically relate variables. c. He avoided use of intervening variables. d. His variables tended to be abstract.

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When a dominant gene is paired with a recessive gene, the characteristic associated with the dominant gene will be

a. repressed.
b. absent.
c. expressed.
d. dominated.

Psychology