Which of the following statements about suicide is true?
A. Most suicide attempts by adolescents are successful.
B. The rate of attempted suicide is higher among males than females.
C. Suicide is a much more common cause of death among adolescents than adults.
D. The suicide rate among 15- to 19-year-olds increased alarmingly between 1950 and 1990.
Answer: D
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a. Alcohol intoxication disorder b. Alcohol withdrawal disorder c. Alcohol use disorder d. Unspecified alcohol related disorder
Doris was at fault in a car accident in which her friend was killed. Although Doris's physical injuries were minor and did not involve head trauma, she was unable to remember who she was or what had happened in her past. This is an example of
a. generalized anxiety disorder. b. post-traumatic stress disorder. c. a fugue. d. dissociative amnesia.
When making changes, organizations should tell employees only as much as they need to know.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The fact that people who are congenitally deaf sometimes make acoustical errors when
they repeat letters presented to them on a screen, implies that a. proactive inhibition is responsible for most errors in short-term memory. b. auditory information fades faster than visual information. c. phonological short-term memory uses an articulatory code. d. the short-term memory of deaf people is less accurate than that of people who can hear. e. echoic memory is more dominant among the Deaf community.