With regard to taste, we are most sensitive to

a. bitter.
b. salt.
c. sweet.
d. sour.

ANSWER: a

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A) Its reliability is far too high to be considered a useful instrument. B) Its validity is far too high to be considered a useful instrument. C) It is overly reliant on the "big five" system of personality classification for the determination of personality disorders. D) It is vulnerable to political influences, and thus the disorders may not reflect true psychopathology but rather the "favorite" illnesses of a particular time and place.

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Stress affects our health directly by ________ and indirectly by ________

A) interfering with immune system functioning; decreasing the effort we expend in fitness-related and other preventive behaviors B) decreasing the probability that we will modify our diet to include healthier foods ; decreasing our desire for "comfort" foods, such as chocolate C) decreasing the effort we expend in preventive behavior; increasing the effort we expend in fitness-related behavior D) decreasing the probability that we will seek medical care for illnesses; increasing the probability that we will modify our diet to include healthier foods E) decreasing the effort we expend in fitness-related behavior; increasing the effort we expend in preventive behavior

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