If a Child Is Reluctant to Try a New Food

question 22

Multiple Choice

If a child is reluctant to try a new food, it is best to

• A)send the child to his/her room.
• B)withhold dessert until all food on the plate is eaten.
• C)quietly remove it and present it again at another time.
• D)encourage other family members to coax the child to eat it.
• E)ignore the child until he or she eats it.

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Definitions:

Social Comparison

The comparison of oneself to others in ways that raise one’s self-esteem.

Control Group

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that an individual holds about a future event that manifests because the individual holds it.

Subject Bias

The tendency for study participants to respond or behave in a certain way because they are aware they are being observed or evaluated.