Research suggests that social context is an important external cue that affects people's eating. Researchers suggest that which of the following social interventions could help overweight children eat less?
a. encouraging children to eat alone
b. encouraging children to "graze"
c. returning to circumstances in which children eat in the presence of others
d. providing continual verbal reminders that the children are eating too much
Answer: c. returning to circumstances in which children eat in the presence of others
You might also like to view...
One effect of Ritalin as a treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is that it __________.
A. quiets the voices B. increases alertness C. interferes with glutamate activity D. increases aggressiveness
Reinforcing effects of electrical brain stimulation and of drugs such as amphetamine reflect an action on ________ projections of the ________
a. leptin; mesocortical pathway b. norepinephrine; nigrostriatal pathway c. dopamine; nigrostriatal pathway d. dopamine; mesolimbic pathway e. GABA; mesocortical pathway