Which of the following is the BEST example of a pathological aging factor?
a. Joan carries a dominant gene that codes for the development of cancer.
b. Bob carries a recessive gene that puts him at risk for developing heart problems.
c. Luke has been severely obese since childhood, and he is now developing diabetes.
d. Charlene is developing osteoporosis as the result of normal aging processes.
c
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When Timmy hits his little brother while they are playing video games, his Mom removes him from the game and he has to sit in a chair by himself for five minutes. As a result, Timmy is less likely to hit his brother in the future. Which punishment procedure is involved in this example?
a. time-out b. isolation c. overcorrection d. negative reinforcement
When comparing major theories concerning stress, the following one has specific ideas about how oxytocin can generate an individual to respond to a stressor:
a. Flight-or-fight c. General Adaptation Syndrome b. Cognitive appraisal d. Tend-and-Befriend
After obtaining an interesting result in an experiment on solving insight problems, an experimenter repeats the experiment three more times using different types of insight problems. This is an example of
a. direct replication. b. systematic replication. c. mapping. d. functional fixedness.
In the five-factor theory of personality, the dimension that measures whether you are a friendly, nurturant, and caring person or if you are cold, indifferent, suspicious, and self-centered is called
a. neuroticism. b. openness to experience. c. agreeableness. d. extroversion.