Which of the following is characteristic of people who frequently experience loneliness?
A. They enter a conversation with overly high expectations that the other person will like them immediately.
B. They have a naively optimistic view of other people.
C. They are relatively unaware of their faults and personal limitations.
D. They appear to show little interest in getting to know other people.
D
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A psychologist wants to compare heterosexual women with lesbian women with respect to the length of time a love relationship lasts. She decides to compare 100 heterosexual women who are married with 100 lesbians who are currently in a love relationship. Without knowing anything more about this study, what might you suspect to be an important confounding variable?
a. The dependent variable is not clearly specified. b. The heterosexual women are in a legally "sanctioned" relationship, whereas the lesbian women are not. c. The study includes no male participants. d. It is difficult to recruit participants for a study like this.
Mental health outcomes are worse for immigrants to the United States, as opposed to people from the same cultural group born in the United States who tend to have better mental health outcomes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The tiny bug that is affectionately known to some as a "roly poly" has a defensive reaction to being threatened. It curls up into a ball, with the hardest part of its shell surrounding itself,
and it stays perfectly still. This is a defensive reaction called _________. a. strifing b. immersing c. chaining d. freezing
In individualistic cultures, the development of autonomy
A) is viewed as rejection of parents' attitudes and values. B) leads to adolescents' problems with authority figures. C) leads to adolescents' reliance on peers more than parents. D) is generally considered a positive development.