What is the body mass index or BMI?
a) percentage of fat cells in the body
b) a numerical indicator of the size of fat cells
c) rate at which the body uses energy to digest food
d) index of health status calculated from height and weight
D
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What is the fatty substance that helps insulate neurons and speeds the transmission of nerve impulses?
A. dendrites B. axons C. myelin D. synapse
When we enter a situation with some expectation of what may happen, we use a network of accumulated knowledge known as
a. cognitive schemas. b. expectancy effects. c. perspective taking. d. arbitrary inference.
Lykken and Tellegan proposed the measure of ______, the idea that most people have an average level of happiness.
A. a set point B. an evolutionary average C. eudaimonia D. an hereditability index
Sensation-seeking may be more prevalent in adolescence than in childhood because of changes in the brain's
A) HPG axis. B) Broca's area. C) hippocampus. D) limbic system.