In One Study Discussed in Your Textbook, Healthy Individuals Volunteered

question 189

Multiple Choice

In one study discussed in your textbook, healthy individuals volunteered to receive all the nutrients their bodies needed through tube feeding. What do the results of this study suggest?

• A) People primarily eat to replenish nutrients.
• B) The stomach has specialized receptors to detect nutrients.
• C) People continue to eat, even when their nutritional needs have been met.
• D) Nutritious food elevates hunger faster than non-nutritious food.

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Definitions:

Exaggerated Difficulty

The perception that a task or situation is more challenging or cumbersome than it objectively is.

Proactive Interference

The occurrence where earlier memories hinder the retrieval of more recent memories.

Source Amnesia

A memory disorder where one can recall certain information but cannot remember how, when, or where they learned that information.

Implicit Memory

This form of memory allows for improved task execution by relying on past experiences, without the conscious perception of those experiences.