What are the patterns of obesity during middle childhood?
What will be an ideal response?
The American Heart Association (2007) defines obesity in terms of not only weight but
also body composition, or the amount of muscle and fatty tissue. Given these criteria,
research studies indicate that between 16 and 25% of American children are obese.
Contributing factors include an increase in television viewing (and the number of
commercials advertising high fat and high sugar foods) and a decline in the number of
families engaging in physical activity as a part of their family interactions.
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Which type of cancer is most prevalent in children?
A. leukemia B. lung cancer C. melanoma (a form of skin cancer) D. brain cancer
An animal is conditioned to salivate to a metronome using Pavlovian procedures. After the conditioning is established, the animal is then put through an extinction procedure and the conditioned salivation disappears. Then the animal is removed from the test situation for several days. When returned to the test situation, the conditioned response is seen again. The effect is known as __________.
A. spontaneous recovery B. higher-order conditioning C. extinction D. stimulus generalization