Are there any differences in health between people who have solid ...

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Are there any differences in health between people who have solid social support and people who don't?
 
  a. Nopsychologists suspect that there are differences, but research has not consistently found any evidence that social support makes a real difference.
  b. Yesalthough social support does not appear to improve people's physical health, it does improve their mood and general psychological well-being.
  c. Yessocial support appears to improve physical and psychological well-being, though it does not improve objective measures of health (e.g., recovery time from illness).
  d. Yessocial support has been tied to better health, more rapid recovery from illness, and a lower risk for mortality.

Question 2

Explain how self-awareness influences eating behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

a . Self-awareness heightens out sense of ourselves, which in turn attunes us to expectations around us
i. When we are highly self-aware (for example, looking at ourselves in a mirror) we are more likely to behave in socially desirable ways so as to enhance our own self-image.
ii. Binge eating is not generally considered socially desirable, and lack of self-awareness is associated with binge eating.
iii. Heightened self-awareness, in contrast, is associated with more modest portions.