The study of the frequency, distribution, and causes of different disease is known as:
a. epidemiology c. medical anthropology
b. medical sociology d. biopsychometrics
A
You might also like to view...
Regarding internal and external factors for eating and overeating, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The North American culture provides inexpensive, good-tasting food everywhere, which encourages overeating. b. Applying psychological principles to controlling weight is called "Yo-yo dieting.". c. A dieter's body becomes highly efficient at conserving calories and storing them as fat. d. People become obese in different ways and for different reasons, including diet, emotions, genetics, and a lack of exercise.
People are often persuaded to join cults
a. when they are undergoing distress and, at such times, believe that joining the cult is all they need to do to be happy again. b. by techniques totally opposite of those used in brainwashing. c. because they want to be nonconformists regarding their values and beliefs. d. by leaders who want their followers to question their own beliefs and to reach their own conclusions about how to live.
Which of the following is a psychosis characterized by delusions, hallucinations, apathy,
and a disintegration or "splitting" apart of the normally integrated personality? a. paranoid psychosis b. schizophrenia c. dissociative fugue d. multiple personalities
The author of Chapter 16 (“Classroom”) and possibly your course instructor may find the focus of the chapter (i.e., applying social psychology to the classroom) to be very interesting. On the other hand, as you read the chapter for your course, you may not find it all that interesting. Which cognitive process may, in particular, contribute to your lower interest level?
a. self-serving bias b. overjustification effect c. belief perseverance d. out-group bias