Morley and Castele reported some cases of anorexia nervosa in the elderly. They believe anorexia in this population is partly due to:

a. becoming hearing impaired
b. having to live on food stamps and having no food in the home
c. diminished sense of smell
d. becoming vision-impaired


b. having to live on food stamps and having no food in the home

Psychology

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While conducting an experiment on alcohol tolerance, Dr. Guff solicits his participants at the door to Skam's (a local drinking and social establishment). When he publishes his findings (that people are extremely tolerant to the effects of alcohol), Dr. Guff's research will likely be criticized because ____.?

a. ?there are too many dependent variables b. ?he used a double-blind design c. ?the sample is biased d. ?there is no placebo

Psychology

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a) individualistic b) high in power distance c) low in individualism d) high in uncertainty avoidance

Psychology

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She wakes up Monday morning and makes a plan. First she'll look at the classified advertisements and then she'll look online for open positions. After that, she plans on calling all of her friends whose parents own a business to see if there are any open positions. These first steps and the plan she has created are best described as the _____ component of motivation. a) self-actualization b) assimilation c) persistence d) activation

Psychology