The ________ is a measure that is used to determine a person's fitness by comparing his or her height and weight with target healthy norms for people of the same age and body type
a. body mass index c. secular obesity scale
b. contemporary obesity estimate d. height-weight ratio
A
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Madelaine is preparing to breastfeed her infant daughter, and, in doing so, the baby's cheek brushes across her mother's shirt. The baby immediately turns its head toward Madelaine's breasts in preparation for feeding. Which reflex is the infant demonstrating?
A. Babinski reflex B. rooting reflex C. Moro reflex D. startle reflex
If we decide to reject the idea that a sample represents a particular population, because the sample mean lies within the region of rejection,
a. although the probability is low, our decision may be wrong. b. the probability is high that our decision is wrong. c. we cannot know the probability of our decision being wrong. d. the probability of our decision being correct is 0.05.
What term did Piaget use to describe cognitive procedures that followed certain logical rules?
a. operations b. constructions c. scaffolds d. stages
Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat that had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that
a. conflict over scarce resources contributes to aggression. b. aggression is a learned response. c. aggressive behavior is not instinctive. d. aggressive instincts can be modified through experience.