Studies on suicide reveal that
a. most depressed people commit suicide.
b. suicide is the leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 24.
c. gay and lesbian youths are at even higher risk for suicide than other adolescents.
d. adolescent girls are more likely to succeed when attempting suicide than adolescent boys.
Answer: c. gay and lesbian youths are at even higher risk for suicide than other adolescents.
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a. group polarization and cognitive dissonance b. discrimination and ingratiation c. the bystander effect and social loafing d. social loafing and the illusory correlation effect
During relationship conflicts, women are more likely than men to
a. use positive nonverbal messages. b. reject attempts at reconciliation. c. display strong positive emotions. d. avoid guilt manipulations and power plays.
A therapist working with child victims of sexual abuse is likely to see symptoms that most closely parallel ____ in some cases
a. bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder b. dissociative identity (multiple personality) disorder c. paraphilias d. posttraumatic stress disorder
Motor neurons in the spinal cord receive input from the ______.
A. internal organs and muscles and transmit to the brain B. sensory neurons and transmit to the brain C. brain and transmit to internal organs and muscles D. brain and transmit to the sensory neurons