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genevieve1028

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Which of the following research findings best supports the hypothesis that the higher
  incidence of eating disorders in European American than in African American
  adolescent females reflects the fact that European American teenagers are more likely
 
  than their African American peers to identify with the overly thin cultural ideals of
  beauty conveyed in the majority American culture?
  a. The average African American female body type is closer to the mainstream
  cultural ideal than the average European American body type.
  b. African American girls typically go through puberty later than their European
  American counterparts.
  c. African American teenagers who identify with mainstream ideals of beauty face
  as great a risk of having eating disorders as their European American
  counterparts.
  d. Children of mixed African American and European descent have a lower
  incidence of eating disorders than their European American peers.
  e. On average, African American families communicate more openly than their
  European American counterparts and, consequently, African American teenagers
  are more willing to express negative feelings to their parents than their European
  American peers.

Question 2

In Alzheimer's disease, __________ are deposits of sticky protein.
 
  Fill in the blanks with correct word



pratush dev

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

amyloid plaques



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