What would you tell a friend who wants to lose weight about how long it takes for a new behavior to become a habit?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: I would tell my friend that self-control is a muscle and it gets stronger over time. I would tell her to maintain a program for at least 2 months since some studies show that this amount of time will help build the "muscle" strength.

Psychology

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________ refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences.

A. Nature; nurture B. Cognition; emotion C. Nurture; behavioral genetics D. Cross-sectional; longitudinal

Psychology

According to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, ___________ of 18-25-year-old respondents reported at least one instance of illicit drug use in the past year

a. less than 10% b. between 10% and 25% c. between 25% and 50% d. more than 50%

Psychology

Breastfed babies are ill less often than bottle-fed babies.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology

Explain how an audiologist evaluates a patient for hearing loss.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology