Megan, age 12, has recently noticed a dip in her appetite and attributes it to "being in love." Megan has likely experienced a shift in the hormone ______, which appears to predominantly affect appetite and female hormones

Fill in the blank with correct word

leptin

Psychology

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Later he learned a person in a giraffe costume had walked on and off the court during the game and he had not seen it! He was disturbed to think that he could have missed something so obvious and wondered if there was something wrong with him. You could reassure him by explaining that _____ is a normal phenomenon in human perception. a) inattentional blindness b) automatic perception c) sensory overload d) memory loss

Psychology

How does classical conditioning affect our eating habits?

a) Conditioned stimuli can be so powerful that we eat when we are not hungry. b) We use food as a reward to reinforce behavior change. c) It doesn't; we have no biological predisposition toward conditioning related to food. d) It is why we like sweet things.

Psychology