The most effective method of understanding the coping of a dying person is
a. keeping records concerning the person's daily activities
b. having the dying person keep a journal
c. listening carefully to what his or her coping reveals
d. studying theoretical models about coping
e. none of these
C
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The principles of learning and conditioning have
a. turned out to have little relevance to real-world concerns. b. been widely applied in education, business, and industry. c. attracted little interest outside of psychology. d. proven worthless when applied to humans as opposed to animals.
According to the introductory discussion about schemas in Chapter 8,
a. behaviorists frequently used the term "schema" in their theories. b. Piaget applied the concept of schemas to infants. c. outside the area of cognitive psychology, other psychologists rarely discuss the concept of schemas. d. Sigmund Freud was the first to incorporate the concept of a schema into a psychological theory.
Regarding identity formation, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Early maturation may force premature identity formation. b. If the search for identity ends too soon, it may leave a person with a distorted, poorly formed sense of self. c. Many problems in identity formation stem from unclear standards about the role adolescents should play within Western society. d. After adolescents have attained the concrete operational stage, they are better able to ask questions about their place in the world and about morals, values, politics, and social relationships.
Adults often view sex in emerging adulthood as
a. "problem behavior." b. "a normal part of life." c. "saturating American life." d. none of these answers are correct.