The set-point theory has difficulty explaining:
a. why most people who diet eventually gain the weight back.
b. how the same daily caloric intake causes some to gain weight, but not others.
c. the dramatic worldwide increases in the rates of overweight and obesity.
d. the role of basal metabolism rates and fat cells in maintaining weight.
C
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Which of the following students' statements best characterizes Alan Baddeley's view of working memory?
a. Sam: "Working memory has four separate components, each with its own specialized kind of cognitive activity." b. Lois: "Working memory consists of two components, short-term working memory and long-term working memory." c. Kyung: "Working memory is an activated state of the more general long-term memory store." d. Manuel: "Current research shows that there really is no important difference between working memory and long-term memory."
We pick up phones that are ringing, but rarely answer phones that are silent. This is an example of
a. stimulus generalization. b. stimulus control. c. systematic extinction. d. resistance to extinction.