Set point theory would predict which of the following?
a. increased metabolic rate when a heavy person diets
b. low heritability for body weight
c. easy weight gain and difficult weight loss
d. increased metabolic rate when a thin person tries to gain weight
D
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According to the information on the incidence of psychological problems in North America,
a. women are more likely than men to seek therapy for psychological problems. b. men are more likely than women to suffer from psychological problems. c. there are no significant gender differences in the specific kind of psychological disorders that women and men experience. d. women are more likely than men to have serious substance-abuse problems, whereas men are more likely to experience major depression.
Shepard and Metzler's "image rotation" experiment was so influential and important to the study of cognition because it demonstrated
A. how easy mental rotation is for humans. B. that humans cannot successfully rotate mental images beyond 90 degrees. C. that humans can only perform mental rotation on "real-world" objects. D. imagery and perception may share the same mechanisms.
You are at a parade where there are a number of marching bands. You perceive the bands that are all in the same uniforms as being grouped together. The red uniforms are one band, the green uniforms another, and so forth. You have this perceptual experience because of the law of
a. simplicity. b. similarity. c. pragnanz. d. familiarity.
In Ford v. Wainwright (1986), the court ruled that
A. defendants can be made to plead insanity against their will. B. defendants can be made to take medication against their will. C. defendants must be competent to be executed. D. defendants must be competent to stand trial.