Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) People who drink sugar-sweetened soft drinks may gain body fat, especially if they don't reduce their intake of energy from solid foods.
• B) Sugars and other digestible carbohydrates comprise over 80% of the average American's total energy intake.
• C) A gram of sugar provides about twice the calories as a gram of starch.
• D) Children who eat large amounts of sugary foods have a higher than average risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Definitions:

Spreading Activation

A process in cognitive psychology that explains how information is retrieved in the brain, where activation of one concept triggers the activation of related concepts.

Semantic Network

A conceptual model used in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics that represents semantic relations between concepts in networks.

Semantic

Relating to meaning in language or logic, especially the analysis of word meanings and relationships.

Phonemic

Pertains to phonemes, which are the smallest units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another.