Your roommate and you are having a discussion of the "Westernization" of many developing countries. You are concerned about the ill effects of adopting some of Western culture's traits
In terms of children's healthy weight in developing countries, why would you be concerned about the potential changes in their diets that can come with Westernization? Children in developing countries ____.
a. can now get pre-packaged Western foods that contain precisely the nutrients that they require
b. require that their diets contain fluoride because of the great risk of tooth decay
c. need extra calories to be healthy and Western diets are not sufficient
d. are eating more unhealthy foods as a result of Western diets
D. Rates of overweight and obesity are rising in the populations of developing countries in part because their diets are becoming more like the diets of people in developed countries—fewer healthy, home-cooked meals and more "fast foods" high in fat content.
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"Suicidal ideation" refers to ____
a. mass media writing about people who kill themselves b. ideas about ways to convince others to commit suicide c. an individual's thoughts about suicide d. explanations of why people commit suicide
Which of the following best describes how contemporary psychology views the mind?
a. Sam was just born smart, though no one else in his family seems to share his intelligence. b. Sam must have gotten the “smart gene” from his mother: He never studies but gets good grades. c. Sam was sent to the best schools and thus became a highly intelligent individual. d. Sam was alert and responsive as a baby, studied diligently in school, and was admitted to a top-ranked college.
A research study linked different genes for the enzyme MAOA to the probability of antisocial behavior. The effect of the gene varied from small to great, depending on what?
a. whether the person lived in a large or small town b. whether the person lived alone or with others c. whether the person was maltreated during childhood d. whether the person's diet was high or low in fats and carbohydrates
Measuring intelligence by testing is a rather new concept in the history of the world. The idea of such testing came from _____
A) the United States B) the United Kingdom C) the Soviet Union D) France