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
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following related to recent attempts to find biochemical explanations for schizophrenia?
A. schizotaxin
B. psychotropin
C. dopamine
D. diazepam - Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
4. All of the aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4 - According to sociobiological explanations from sexual behavior, women seek out partners who will provide the most______.
A. DNA
B. Sex
C. Parental investment
D. Sexual investment - Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?
A. Research as shown monozygotic twins to have much more similar personality traits than dizygotic twins
B. Both adoption studies and twin studies are consistent with a genetic influence on personality
C. Adoption studies have shown that environment plays no part in the development of personality
D. Children who are genetically more active and impulsive can cause their parents to be more responsive to their needs than other children - An individual behavior consists not only of his observable acts but also of all his reactions to inner states and to environmental factors of:
A. Reaction
B. Relationship
C. Experiences
D. Influence - The Freudian explanations of anxiety disorders emphasizes:
A. the avoidance paradox
B. learned habits of self- defeating behavior
C. forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control
D. the development of a faulty or inaccurate self – image and distorted self – perceptions - Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called:
A. mood disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. organic brain pathologies
D. somatoform disorder - The nation of the criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets
A. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
B. Legal- rational authority
C. Routine activities theory
D. None of these - Studies have proven that some prenatal factors may cause schizophrenia except:
A. deficiencies in nutrition
B. substance abuse
C. perinatal hypoxia
D. parental viral exposure - An individual’s______and maturation can be helped or hindered by the environmental stimulations to which he is exposed:
A. Birth
B. Growth
C. Education
D. Action
