Your neighbor who just gave birth has always been a health nut, is very careful what she eats, and is interested in getting back to her pre-pregnancy weight. What advice could you give her? She should:
a. Go on a restrictive diet and reduce her caloric intake by 500 calories.
b. Eat regularly and breast-feed, which burns approximately 500 to 1,000 calories.
c. Consider taking diet pills
d. Run at least 5 miles a day to burn an extra 500 calories.
B. Since breast-feeding burns additional calories, eating regularly and breast-feeding will take the weight off quicker and more healthily. Nursing the neonate helps mothers return to their pre-pregnancy weight.
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A report in a research journal describes the symptoms of a mental disorder along with information on its etiology, including a heritability of 50 percent. How should this finding be interpreted?
a. Genetic factors and the environment contribute about equally to this disorder. b. Half of the people who suffer from the disorder have a genetically caused disorder. c. Half of the children of carriers of this disorder will actually develop the disorder. d. Geneticists have identified half of the genes thought to be responsible for this disorder.
When third-grade teacher Jane Elliot sorted schoolchildren based on eye color, she created ________
A) an in-group. B) an out-group. C) minimal groups. D) realistic conflict.
Which of the following best illustrates extinction?
a. A person with a fear of doctors' offices overcomes this fear by repeatedly visiting a doctor's office for pleasant interactions with personnel and other, non-anxious, patients. b. A person with a fear of dentists visits a psychoanalyst who helps to uncover the unconscious symbolism of dental procedures. c. A person who is not anxious about acquiring HIV watches an educational video on the topic and develops mild anxiety about acquiring HIV. d. A person never experiences anxiety about contracting sexually transmitted diseases because he/she has never developed such a disease despite frequent high-risk behaviors.
Change in performance is preceded by
a. bad reviews. b. scientific research. c. the behavior of others. d. change in disposition.