Which of the following medical issues has been called an epidemic and one of America's "most challenging public health problems" (Kaplan, 2007);
whereby the percentage of Americans manifesting this issue has more than doubled since 1980 (Tomiyama, Westling, Lew, Samuels, & Chatman, 2007), with more dramatic increases found among men (CDC, 2007)?
a) Obesity
b) Smoking
c) Cancer
d) Alcoholism
Answer: a
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a. Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver b. George Miller and Jerome Bruner c. Allen Newell and Herbert Simon d. Tracy Kendler and Howard Kendler
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a. hedonism b. free will c. determinism d. associationism
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A. being able to predict when a stressful stimulus will occur. B. believing you have some control over the stressor. C. having a good social network or social support system. D. using a cognitive stress response such as cognitive flooding.