Rates of childhood obesity ______________
a. are higher in the United States than in most other developed countries
b. are equally high in different parts of the United States
c. have stayed relatively stable in the last decade
d. are highest among Americans from economically advantaged backgrounds who have access to more food
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
Reinforcers, whether they be positive or negative, have the same effect on behavior, which is to:
a. decrease the probability that the behavior will be repeated b. increase the probability that the behavior will be repeated c. increase the probability that the behavior will be extinguished d. decrease the probability that the behavior will be spontaneously recovered
Researchers have discovered very high brain activity in the __________ for encoding of episodic information
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Which of the following is a true statement about a discrepancy between a child's IQ
and achievement test results? a. This discrepancy is a central criterion of the DSM-IV-TR definition of learning disorders. b. Research has consistently found that children with such a discrepancy differ in significant ways – neurologically, cognitively, or behaviorally – from children who are slow learners in one ore more academic skill areas. c. Research has found that this discrepancy systematically distinguishes children with reading disorder from children without reading difficulties. d. The magnitude of this discrepancy provides important diagnostic information that helps clinicians and teachers pinpoint the most effective treatment strategy for individual children. e. This discrepancy plays little role in diagnosis but is important in treatment planning.
A psychologist compares the records of 100 individuals who received the diagnosis of depression when they were children with the records of 100 individuals who received the diagnosis when they were adults. What is the psychologist likely to find?
a) There is little difference in the outcomes of the two forms of depression. b) Childhood depression predicts a faster recurrence of depression than does adult depression. c) Symptoms experienced during childhood are quite different compared to symptoms in adulthood. d) Depression in childhood is typically a reaction to the changes of adolescence; therefore, it is not as serious as adult depression.