The evidence for psychological theories that attribute obesity to emotional disturbances:
a. empirically supports the view that overweight individuals are mentally ill.
b. was based on flawed studies, often without control groups or objective measures.
c. indicates that overweight people, on the average, overeat to fill "emotional holes."
d. shows that obesity is almost always based on overeating.
B
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A. collecting and interpreting information that will be used to understand a person B. interpreting only unconcious cues and signals C. using a therapeutic technique to treat a person D. predicting a prognosis for a person
Parents can foster children's understanding of their own and others' mental lives by
A) providing commentary about mental states. B) purposefully mislabeling emotions to teach them to identify mismatches. C) exposing them to highly stressful situations and then talking about what the children observed. D) encouraging them to work out problems on their own.