Recent research on the Freshman Fifteen found that:
a. the majority of college students gain 15 pounds their freshman year.
b. the majority of college students lose 15 pounds their freshman year because of the stress of this major life transition.
c. an overall increase in weight during the first year of college occurred, but it was under five pounds in each of the studies.
d. males, but not females, gained 15 pounds during their first year of college.
Question 2
Which of the following is FALSE regarding research on alcohol?
a. Children of alcoholics are no more likely to drink than their counterparts whose parents are not alcoholics because they tend to fear the negative effects that they have seen growing up.
b. Research has shown that the media and advertising play a part in getting people to start drinking.
c. People whose friends drink are more likely to drink than those whose friends are nondrinkers.
d. Just believing that it is normal to drink can make a person drink even if this perceived norm is inaccurate.
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