Which of the following events would most likely cause an animal to overeat and become obese?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Which TWO of the following are true of the learning set procedure?
   1:The animals learns to focus on classes of cues that are inaccurate predictors of reward
   2:In the win-stay, lose-shift strategy, the animal learns to persist with a choice that yields food, but shift to the other object if it does not
   3:In the learning-set procedure, all stimuli and associations have equal effect on the animal’s behaviour
   4:The occurrence of reward can be regarded as a stimulus that can enter into associations or acquire discriminative control over an instrumental action

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

3. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
   1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
   2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
   3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
   4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

4. People are likely to discount information that is inconsistent with their stereotyped beliefs. This can cause a:

   A. Fundamental attribution error
   B. Perpetuating stereotype
   C. Behavioral confirmation
   D. Self- serving bias

5. People are likely to discount information that is inconsistent with their stereotyped beliefs. This can cause a_________?

   A. Fundamental attribution error
   B. Perpetuating stereotype
   C. Behavioral confirmation
   D. Self- serving bias

6. We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be _________________ encoded?

   A. automatically
   B. visually
   C. proactively
   D. implicitly

7. Endorphin agonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain and endorphin antagonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain:

   A. increase; increase
   B. decrease; increase
   C. decrease; decrease
   D. eliminate; eliminate

8. Which of the following historical events was instrumental in the development of industrial/organizational psychology?

   A. The advent of the internet
   B. The influx of women into the workforce
   C. World War I
   D. The industrial revolution

9. After an animal is allowed to copulate until it has no further interest, it will resume sexual activity when a new partner is provided. This is called:

   A. a stimulus need
   B. a curiosity drive
   C. the Coolidge effect
   D. an episodic drive

10. Which of the following explanations for the problems of obesity targets environmental factors as the cause?

    A. Sedentary lifestyles mean human beings take less regular exercise, which leads to excess weight
    B. Human meal times tend to be fixed which overrides body’s natural appetite and control mechanism
    C. Variety of modern foods encourage people to eat more by bringing immediate rewards of new tastes smell and textures
    D. Higher stress levels in contemporary society can lead to overeating
    E. All of the above