Obesity is a serious problem among U.S. preschoolers. In 2011-2014, almost 9 percent of 2- to 5-year-olds had a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile for their age. The main factors driving the obesity epidemic are high caloric intake and lack of exercise. What contemporary social and cultural factors contribute to the low levels of activity and high calorific intake?
What will be an ideal response?
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In a family with somatic symptom disorder, the male relatives are at increased risk for antisocial personality disorder. What are the underlying characteristics that tie these disorders together?
a. mania and psychasthenia b. extraversion and agreeableness c. sensation seeking and irresponsibility d. absence of inhibition and high negative emotion
About the end of the fifth month, the fetus is covered with downy hair called __________.
A. glia B. zygotes C. lanugo D. guano
Aimee was late coming home from school. Even though she had a reasonable excuse, her parents grounded her for a month and suspended her allowance. This sounds like which style of parenting?
a. authoritarian b. authoritative c. permissive d. inhibited e. assertive
Of the following, which would a psychologist consider the best example of learning?
a. a young man's beard beginning to grow at age fifteen b. a woman experiencing labor pains c. salmon swimming upstream during the mating season d. a child being able to ride a bicycle