Which of the following is a likely reason that women who consume a lot of caffeine deliver lower-birth-weight babies?
a. Fetuses exposed to caffeine do not absorb the nutrients they need to maintain growth.
b. Fetuses exposed to caffeine are less active and do not build as much muscle tissue.
c. Prenatal caffeine exposure increases fetal activity, therefore the fetuses consume more energy.
d. Prenatal caffeine exposure decreases fetal activity, therefore the fetuses expend less energy and need fewer nutrients.
C
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Electrical stimulation of its lateral hypothalamus causes an animal to overeat and become obese. Therefore, we would expect that lesioning the lateral hypothalamus would produce
a. overeating and obesity. b. undereating and weight loss. c. no effect on eating or body weight. d. alternating periods of overeating and undereating.
Members of marginalized groups believing and accepting, knowingly or unknowingly, negative social messages about their own racial and ethnic groups is referred to as
a. individual racism. b. institutional racism. c. internalized racism. d. systemic racism.
In the behavior systems approach, the assumption is made that ______.
A. organisms are born with no knowledge, therefore all knowledge must be acquired based on experience B. learning modifies a preexisting set of instinctual behavior patterns C. class: instrumental conditioning follows different principles of learning D. changes in behavior can be explained by general laws of learning
_______ systems theory posits that any given physical skill requires the strengthening of muscles, as well as changes in perceptual skills, cognitive development, motivation, and stimulation from the environment
a) Dynamic b) Integrated c) Multifactorial d) Static