Dr. Braun has been treating a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr. Braun is a

When you meet a new person, stereotypes typically serve to ____

a. establish what you want that person to be like b. warn you about problems or dangers that the individual presents c. guide the assumptions that you have about the individual—which you will hold on to no matter what d. provide you with hypotheses to be tested about that individual

Which of the following statements about being overweight is TRUE?

A. Numbers of overweight emerging adults, as well as children and adolescents, have increased recently. B. African American girls and Latino boys have especially high rates of being overweight in adolescence. C. Being overweight as a child is a strong predictor of being overweight as an adolescent. D. All of these choices are correct.