In their research on the psychology of eating, Janet Polivy and Peter Herman have found that unrestrained eaters who become disinhibited by life circumstances are likely to indulge in high-calorie binges
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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According to the text, which statement BEST characterizes emerging adulthood as the age of possibilities?
a. This timeframe is viewed as beginning with the first noticeable changes of puberty. b. One feature of this age is emerging adults' reliance on parents' decisions. c. Typically emerging adults have left their families but not committed to new relationships. d. Most emerging adults face dreary, dead-end jobs, bitter divorces, and disappointment.
During middle childhood years, it appears that children in immigrant families __________
a) often have significant learning problems b) often do quite well in the United States c) are less fluent in communication skills d) suffer from depression
According to research by Lord, Lepper, and Preston (1984), participants were less biased in their appraisal of the methodology of a scientific study when they were asked to
A) "Consider what would you conclude if the same study produced results on the other side of the issue." B) "Consider how this issue ranks in the perspective of important issues, like your own life and death." C) "Think about times when you have made foolish decisions in the past." D) "Try to be as objective as possible."
According to the textbook,
Alan Alda refused to eat a hard-boiled egg because Elizabeth Loftus suggested to him that his answers to a questionnaire revealed that he must have gotten sick after eating hard-boiled eggs at some time in his life. His refusal illustrates a. how hypnosis can aid in the recovery of long-forgotten memories. b. how easy it is to implant false memories. c. how classical conditioning produces taste aversions. d. the difference between repression and suppression regarding memory loss.