Author Question: With regard to smokers and fear of weight gain, research suggests that A) older female smokers ... (Read 124 times)

vicky · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

With regard to smokers and fear of weight gain, research suggests that

A) older female smokers express the greatest fears of weight gain.
B) European American women accept weight gain more than African American women.
C) young female smokers express the greatest fears of weight gain.
D) young male smokers express the greatest fears of weight gain.

Question 2

Which of these smokers exhibits an optimistic bias?

A) Jim overestimates the danger of smoking and believes he has a very high chance of developing a smoking-related disease before age 60.
B) Loraine believes that smoking is not really dangerous and she has about the same risk for smoking-related diseases as other people have.
C) Robbie overestimates the danger of smoking and believes that she has about the same risk for smoking-related diseases as do other people.
D) Joe understands the danger of smoking but believes that his risk of getting a smoking-related disease is less than that of other smokers.