In a weight-reduction experiment, an overweight individual was given what the researcher called a new type of diet pill that would help curb the desire to eat in fact. the pill really contained powdered milk, but ever since the individual started taking the diet pill, he has reported that his desire to eat has decreased. This illustrates the:

Related Mcqs:

1. Rudy has been on a strict diet of 1000 calories per day for the last six weeks. He lost considerably more weight in the first three weeks of his diet than in the last three because:

   A. his insulin level has decreased
   B. learn tissue is maintained by fewer calories than is fat tissue
   C. his metabolic rate has decreased
   D. his fat cells have decreased in number

2. Although Cara has been obese for as long as she can remember, she is determined to lose excess body weight with a low-calories diet. Cara is most likely to have difficulty becoming and staying thin because:

   A. the number of calories a person consumes daily has no effect on body weight
   B. she may have a higher-than-average set point for body weight
   C. her resting metabolic rate will increase and prompt her to over eat vigorous exercise
   D. fat cells can be lost only with vigorous exercise

3. Responding to a substance like a sugar pill as if it were a drug is called:

   A. the placebo effect
   B. an extraneous variable
   C. variability
   D. psychosomatic illness

4. People with weight problems are more likely to eat when experiencing the emotion of:

   A. anxiety
   B. anger
   C. sadness
   D. any of these

5. Dilawar is taking personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supported to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Dilawar is taking is the:

   A. Sixteen Personality Factor (16 PF) naira
   B. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
   C. Rorschach test
   D. Edwards Personal Preference schedule

6. A teacher is involved in such an activity he can identify clearly with what is taking place. Anyone outside the action has_________comprehending what is taking place:

   A. Approach
   B. Convenience
   C. Difficulty
   D. Quality

7. In order to help MR. Eberstadt overcome his addiction to alcohol, his therapist first attempted to discover whether the substance dependency was somehow a reaction on his wife’s behavior. The therapist’s concern is most likely to be characteristic of a:

   A. biomedical therapist
   B. psychoanalyst
   C. family therapist
   D. cognitive therapist

8. Gorging on food and then vomiting or taking laxatives to avoid gaining weight is called:

   A. behavioral dieting
   B. fad dieting
   C. purging
   D. bulimia nervosa

9. Many of Freud’s contemporaries disagreed with his ideas, who placed more emphasis on the innate desire for self-fulfillment and a striving for superiority?

   A. Karen Horney
   B. Carl Jung
   C. Harry Stack Sullivan
   D. Alfred Adler

10. Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:

    A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
    B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
    C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
    D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan