Nadine, an average-weight adult, gained a small amount of weight between the ages of 25 and 50. Nadine should know that
What will be an ideal response?
this is a normal part of aging, resulting from a drop in basal metabolic rate.
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A young girl has recently developed an intense case of poison ivy. Which of her neurons are transmitting the messages of pain and itch to her brain?
A. Synaptic neurons B. Motor neurons C. Sensory neurons D. Association neurons
Chapter 3 discussed the cognitive developmental approach to explain children's acquisition of gender typing. One example of this approach is that
a. parents are likely to praise boys—rather than girls—for their athletic performance. b. children tend to develop schemas, which organize their thoughts about females and males. c. children watch peers, and they are more likely to imitate children of the same gender, rather than children of the other gender. d. sex hormones and other biological factors are especially important in shaping children's gender typing.
What would you predict would happen when Duke, a white supremacist teen, reads a scientific study indicating that Asians have higher IQs than whites? a. He would dismiss the study as being flawed
b. He would begin to reconsider his anti-Asian stance. c. He would now view Asians as more intelligent. d. He would now views Asians as even less intelligent.
Bill is studying how individuals' ability to concentrate is affected by both music type (pop vs. classical) and volume (soft vs. loud). If he finds that music type influences concentration, this will be referred to as ______.
a. interaction b. factorial effect c. main effect d. absence of interaction effect