After Correcting for Differences in Body Weight,women Drinking the Same

question 26

Multiple Choice

After correcting for differences in body weight,women drinking the same amount of ethanol as men have:

• A)higher blood ethanol levels than men owing to a lower percent body fat.
• B)lower blood ethanol levels than men owing to a lower percent body fat.
• C)higher blood ethanol levels than men owing to a higher percent body fat.
• D)lower blood ethanol levels than men owing to a higher percent body fat.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A training technique in which the likelihood of a behavior is changed through the use of incentives or consequences.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Partial-Reinforcement Schedule

In operant conditioning, a strategy in which a behavior is reinforced intermittently, often resulting in more resistant and persistent responses.

Internal-Reinforcement Schedule

A strategy of self-management where individuals control their own rewards or punishments to modify behavior.