Obese adolescents stand a(n) __________ chance of becoming obese adults.
A. 100 percent
B. 25 percent
C. 80 percent
D. 44 percent
Answer: C
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People might very well overestimate the likelihood for celebrity marriages to end in divorce, since celebrity divorces tend to be highly publicized (while happy celebrity marriages do not make front page news as easily). The overestimation could be explained in terms of ____
a. the representativeness heuristic b. the availability heuristic c. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic d. information overload
Regarding extinction and spontaneous recovery, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Just as acquiring an operant response takes time, so does extinction. b. Even after extinction seems complete, the previously reinforced response may return. c. If a response is extinguished and come back, the extinction process usually takes longer the second time. d. Spontaneous recovery is very adaptive because it is a way of checking to see if the rules have changed.
The consequences of being labeled as suffering from a mental illness are real. In one study conducted with 84 men who had been hospitalized for mental illness that is described in the textbook, it was found that
a. 85 percent of the men had lost their job because of their hospitalization. b. 10 percent of the men reported having been denied a room or apartment. c. all of the men reported incidents of rejection. d. only after a year-long course of treatment that resulted in improved functioning did the perception of stigma disappear.
Describe the methodology and findings of Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment.
What will be an ideal response?