Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding gender and health?
a) Men are more likely to die after open-heart surgery than women.
b) In general, men have higher death rates from all causes than women.
c) Lung diseases that are caused by smoking affect men more often than women.
d) Women are less likely to seek medical care than men.
b
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As a consequence for misbehaving, many teachers use "timeout." How does this consequence affect students' behavior?
a. It adds a stimulus to decrease bad behavior. b. It takes away a stimulus to decrease bad behavior. c. It adds a stimulus to increase bad behavior. d. It takes away a stimulus to increase bad behavior.
According to Chapter 8, what percentage of defendants had their cases dismissed prior to trial?
A. 12% B. 24% C. 36% D. 48%
All of the following statements about the etiology of psychological disorders are true
except: a. By themselves, most circumstances that affect the development of a psychological disorder have only limited influence. b. Many behavioral and emotional difficulties have their origins in a complex interplay of factors, which includes both factors within an individual as well as factors in the individual's environment. c. The same experience may have different psychological ramifications depending upon the timing of its occurrence. d. Most psychological disorders of childhood are the expression of an underlying biological abnormality that finds its expression in abnormal behavioral and emotional functioning. e. Although a factor may "cause" a psychological disorder at a particular point in a child's development, this does not necessarily imply that this same factor will continue to "cause" the same disorder throughout that individual's lifetime.