Leptin is produced and secreted by
a. the pancreas
b. the pituitary gland.
c. the arcuate nucleus.
d. fat cells.
d
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Studies of Japanese, Swiss, and American children showed that
a. overweight children became overweight adults regardless of where they lived. b. poor healthcare in the U.S., but not in other countries, contributed to obesity. c. children in the U.S. did not become obese adults, but those in other countries did. d. becoming obese as an adult varied by culture.
Imagine that researchers find some memories are lost very quickly from memory while other memories are much longer lasting. This evidence would create the most problems for the theory of forgetting known as:
a. decay theory b. interference theory c. the theory of motivated forgetting d. memory savings theory
__________ psychologists study the changes that occur throughout the life span
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The text suggests that, from a genetic point of view, the concept of race is:
a. very important, since there are many genes in the human genome that determine specific race-related traits (such as hair color and eyelid shape) b. largely meaningless, and a better way of thinking about race differences is to consider them as cultural or ethnic differences c. very important, since in humans there are only a handful of genes that code for "race" in our DNA (each corresponding to a difference racial group) d. of some importance, since genes that code for racial characteristics also code for intelligence