A Major Reason That Toddlers Usually Eat Less Than They

question 43

Multiple Choice

A major reason that toddlers usually eat less than they did as infants is because they are:

• A) using baby fat stores.
• B) less active.
• C) losing interest in food.
• D) growing more slowly.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Approach

A psychological perspective that focuses on mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.

Affective Mechanisms

Psychological processes that are responsible for emotional responses and their expressions.

Unconscious Processes

Mental activities beyond conscious awareness, influencing perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors.

Heritability

A measure of how much of the variation in a trait in a population is due to genetic differences among individuals in that population.