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maegan_martin

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A research psychologist wants to study people with a particular personality disorder. She places advertisements in newspapers that ask, Are you adventurous? Do you lead an exciting, impulsive life? If you are the kind of person who'd do almost anything for a dare, send your name... The researcher was interested in people with which personality disorder?
 
  a. antisocial c. borderline
  b. schizotypal d. intermittent explosive

Question 2

One theory for explaining the etiology of obesity suggests that humans inherited genes that helped our ancestors survive famine by storing fat. Unfortunately, that gene may be dysfunctional in an environment where high-fat foods are plentiful. This theory is called the ____.
 
  a. thrifty genotype hypothesis c. fat storage hypothesis
  b. fat gene theory d. evolutionary hypothesis



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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