Which of the Following Statements Does Not Reflect the Role

question 183

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements does not reflect the role genes play in body weight?

• A) Children adopted at birth resemble their biological parents more than their adoptive parents body size.
• B) Obesity appears to befluenced by genetic factors.
• C) Thinness appears to befluenced by genetic factors.
• D) Childhood eating patterns have little to do with whether one becomes obese

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Definitions:

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the relatively rational part of the mind that balances the competing claims of the id, the superego, and reality.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the repository of the drives, the emotions, and the primitive, unconscious part of the mind that wants everything now.

Psychic Determinism

The assumption that everything psychological has a cause that is, in principle, identifiable.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A psychological theory and therapeutic method developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts as the drivers of human behavior.