How do people gain weight and become obese?
What will be an ideal response?
Weight gain is a matter of calorie imbalance, that is, consuming more calories than one expends. The excess calories are stored as fat. Obesity results when the calorie imbalance leads to an ongoing long-term accumulation of fat deposits. Some people are more prone to develop obesity than others and there are several models that attempt to explain individual differences in tendencies toward obesity including the weight set point model, the genetics model, and the positive incentive model.
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a. naturalistic observation b. structured observation c. experiment d. self-report
Why should a student of death and dying become familiar with the death customs of other cultures?
a. To cause students to be critical of American customs b. To promote ethnocentrism c. To note that similarities are often greater than the differences and thus gain a greater appreciation of other cultures d. Both b and c. e. None of the above.
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a. some unconscious conflict c. other anxieties in the person's life b. an irrational belief d. a poorly learned behavior
Researchers study perception differently depending on their approach (computational, Gestalt, or perception/action), but these differences have strengthened the field.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)