One of the most successful efforts to reduce risk factors for a medical condition involved three entire communities in California in which residents received different types of interventions or no intervention at all (for the community that served as the control group). The targeted condition in this effort was
A. diabetes.
B. cancer.
C. heart disease.
D. obesity.
Answer: C
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Edith is making a class presentation in which she is trying to convince the other students that a proposed change in the requirements for a degree in education will be beneficial in the long run. Based on the research into factors that influence persuasion, Edith will be MOST persuasive if she
a. presents only the advantages associated with the proposed change. b. presents only the disadvantages associated with the proposed change. c. is able to arouse cognitive dissonance among her classmates. d. presents both the advantages and disadvantages associated with the proposed change.
Rates of aggression and violence tend to be highest in
a. lower socioeconomic highly transient neighborhoods. b. middle socioeconomic highly transient neighborhoods. c. lower socioeconomic non-transient neighborhoods. d. middle socioeconomic non-transient neighborhoods.
According to Donders, the time it takes to perform the mental act of discrimination is determined by:
a. subtracting simple reaction time from the reaction time that involves discrimination. b. computing the choice reaction time. c. computing the mental chronometry. d. presenting several different stimuli to subjects, but allowing them to only respond to one, and timing their response.
The fifth stage of sleep is called _____________ sleep
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word