You are an African American and your 89-year-old grandmother is dying of lung cancer. Like many African American families, your family decides not to use hospice care. Why is this the case? African Americans often believe that ____
a. medical interventions will eventually succeed
b. continuing with medical care shows respect and love for their family member
c. doctors and nurses cannot be trusted
d. life must be preserved at any cost
Answer: B
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Amy loves collecting coffee mugs and has been collecting them for years. At the drop of a hat, she will launch into a discussion of her collection, the price of mugs, and her plans for purchasing more mugs. Her friends say she must have
obsessive-compulsive disorder. You disagree. What do you say to her friends when they ask why you disagree? a. Unlike an obsessive-compulsive, Amy derives pleasure from this activity. b. Although Amy experiences anxiety, it is the result of a deep-seated conflict. c. Amy is actually suffering from depression, which she hides by engaging in mug collecting. d. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an inherited disorder and there is no evidence that other family members have the disorder.
The idea that genetics may be a strong predictor of happiness is
a. probably due to neuroticism. b. true for a small percentage of people. c. highly unlikely. d. supported due to temperament and personality.
An indication of the strength of the relationship between two variables is the _____
a. slope b. sign c. scatterplot d. magnitude
Women typically outscore men on tests that involve:
A) spatiotemporal responding. B) rapid use of semantic information. C) fluid reasoning in abstract mathematics. D) visual memory.