A clinical psychologist notes that an unusually large number of obese people are depressed or anxious, and she offers an explanation that excess weight causes emotional disorders. Her explanation is a(n)
a. hypothesis.
b. theory.
c. opinion.
d. fact.
B
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a. ?our unconscious daily responses to non-real words b. ?the quicker decision time with related words c. ?the strong connections between unrelated words d. ?the organization of related words in short-term memory
According to behaviorists, gender role distinctions are the result of nurture
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The Neuron Doctrine was proposed by a. Descartes
b. Bell and Magendie. c. Camillo Golgi. d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
Minutes after eating a few bites of food in a local restaurant, Mary was unable to breathe and began to experience muscular paralysis. She had ingested food contaminated with botulism, which blocked the action of
a. serotonin. c. dopamine. b. acetylcholine. d. norepinephrine.