The Local University Has Just Published a 10-Year Study That

question 64

Multiple Choice

The local university has just published a 10-year study that investigated the impact of poor nutrition and sedentary lifestyles. MOST likely, the background of the psychologists who conducted the study was in

• A) experimental psychology.
• B) health psychology.
• C) developmental psychology.
• D) physiological psychology.

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Definitions:

Avoidance Strategy

A coping mechanism in which an individual seeks to prevent or evade a perceived threat or undesirable outcome.

Anxious-ambivalent

A type of attachment style characterized by intense dependency on others, coupled with anxiety and uncertainty about the reliability of these relationships.

Avoidant

A personality trait characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.