A specific area of chromosome 10 has been identified as significant in the development of:

a. purging behavior
b. anorexia nervosa and obesity
c. binge-eating disorder
d. bulimia nervosa and obesity

Answer: d. bulimia nervosa and obesity

Psychology

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Aleksi was maltreated as an infant when he lived in an East European orphanage. Which of the following is not a likely outcome of that early experience?

a. a build-up of fluid on his brain that causes his head to swell b. an exaggerated physiological response to perceived stress c. an overstimulated amygdala d. delays and abnormalities in multiple domains of development

Psychology

Asking a subject to judge which set of clock hands produces a larger angle—"3:20 or 7:25" and then "2:15 or 9:20"—produces all but __________

a. symbolic distance effect b. evidence for the use of visual imagery c. the semantic congruity effect d. slower response times for "3:20 vs. 7:25" than for "2:15 vs. 9:20"

Psychology