What two factors are thought to relate to the secular trend?
A) increased prevalence of eating disorders; access to medicine
B) overall health; access to medicine
C) improved nutrition; increased prevalence of eating disorders
D) improved nutrition; overall health
D) improved nutrition; overall health. The secular trend—a decrease in the age of sexual maturation in males and females—may be due to cultural changes including better nutrition and health in industrialized countries.
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In the study about how to encourage hotel guests to reuse their towels thereby promoting conservation, which type of message was the most effective?
a. one that simply provided a general environmental focus b. one that invited guests to "partner" with the hotel to protect the environment c. one that invoked the norm of reciprocity by noting that the hotel was doing its part to protect the environment and inviting the guest to do his or her part d. one that clearly portrayed environmental damage with photos of decimated landscape
If you drop a predictor from the regression equation
a. the correlation could increase. b. the correlation will probably go down. c. the correlation could stay the same. d. both b and c
Lovaas' approach to helping autistic children is most effective among children with:
A. the least severe symptoms B. moderate symptoms C. the most severe symptoms D. the onset of symptoms after the age of 5
An individual’s _____ is how the person actually is at present; the _____ is what a person could be if he or she fulfilled his or her potential.
A. actual self, fulfilled self B. fulfilled self, actual self C. real self, ideal self D. ideal self, real self