If Public Health Approaches to Address Obesity Are Implemented, the Obesity

question 73

Multiple Choice

If public health approaches to address obesity are implemented, the obesity epidemic can be expected to follow a pattern similar to smoking rates, which ____.

• A)dropped sharply
• B)rose sharply, then dropped gradually
• C) reached a plateau, then started to drop
• D) dropped and then rose again repeatedly

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Definitions:

Punishment

A consequence delivered following an undesired behavior, intended to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.

Delayed Partial Reinforcement

A reinforcement strategy in which not every response made by the subject is reinforced, and the reinforcement is not immediately administered.

Self-Regulation

The use of learning principles to regulate one’s own behaviour.

Self-Observation Data

Information gathered through personal monitoring of one's actions, behaviors, and responses in various situations.