As Part of Your Psychology Course, You Pair Off with Another

question 676

Multiple Choice

As part of your psychology course, you pair off with another student and conduct a simple research study. Your assignment is to monitor the other student's blood levels of the hormone ghrelin. Your partner is of normal weight and eats at normal times. Throughout the day, you take blood samples every 30 minutes. Compared to the blood sample you took at 10 A.M., the blood sample you took at noon just before your partner ate lunch contained ____ blood level of ghrelin.

• A) a much higher
• B) a much lower
• C) a slightly lower
• D) about the same

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