This theory suggests that the body has an internal homeostatic system that maintains weight much like a thermostat maintains heat in a house

a) energy/exertion theory
b) fat cell theory
c) metabolic theory
d) set-point theory

d

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a. you are using focused attention. b. you are using bottom-up processing. c. you are demonstrating the feature-present/feature-absent effect. d. a dark-colored object is more likely to stimulate the movement-detection cells in the retina.

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In which of the following circumstances would a psychosocial assessment clearly need to be used?

A) Mr. Harvey has been having problems wit h his memory since his stroke. B) Since the car accident, Jill has had nightmares. C) After a change in her hormone treatment regimen, Hillary began to show severe mood swings. D) Ever since the divorce, James has been sleeping less and less.

Psychology