Define food insecurity and provide an example.

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Food insecurity is a condition in which a child or family does not have a regular supply of nutritious food.
2. For example, a family might go without meat, fresh fruit, or vegetables for a week, living only on low-priced "convenience foods."

Psychology

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The more high-functioning variation of autism, where the individual's speech is close to normal, is known as ______ syndrome

Fill in the blank with correct word

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Your friend uses marijuana to treat back pain because she believes it is a natural remedy. She wonders if it is ok to continue using marijuana once she gets pregnant. You respond by telling her ______

a. it is ok to continue using marijuana since it is natural b. it is ok to continue using marijuana because there are no known harmful effects during pregnancy c. she should stop using marijuana as regularly as she does and cut back on her uses during pregnancy d. she should stop using marijuana because it could affect the development of the central nervous system and slow the growth of the fetus

Psychology

A negative reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and thus ________ the probability of a response

a. removed; increases b. presented; decreases c. removed; decreases d. presented; increases

Psychology

Children who tend to have much experience with death are those who live in ______.

A. North America B. South America C. drought-stricken areas D. poverty-stricken areas

Psychology