Which of the following people would be most likely to get an erroneous estimate of obesity when using the BMI method of calculation?
a. Susie, an overweight 12-year-old girl who is African American
b. Barbara, an underweight 12-year-old girl who has not yet hit the adolescent growth spurt
c. Mike, an overweight 16-year-old boy who gets very little exercise
d. Jeremy, a competitive athlete with very large muscles
d
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Jackson is working with a company to help it develop more effective training programs for its employees. He has spent a great deal of time reviewing all the documentation the company has about the previous training opportunities it has provided for its employees. Up to this point in time, Jackson has been engaged in
a. psychological testing. b. archival research. c. direct observation. d. meta-analysis.
According to the research about elderly Black women,
a. the majority of these women manage to overcome major obstacles, without financial problems. b. the majority of these women emphasize extreme resentment that they are victims of poverty. c. these women have extremely positive attitudes about rearing their grandchildren. d. they are likely to be involved in their grandchildren's lives.
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is best used to assess
a. premorbid functioning. b. abstract reasoning. c. overall intelligence. d. memory.
Luigi Galvani removed a nerve and its attached muscle fibers from a frog and showed that __________ of the nerve caused __________ of the muscle.
A. electrical stimulation; relaxation B. electrical stimulation; contraction C. chemical stimulation; contraction D. chemical stimulation; relaxation