When considering all the countries in the world, the single factor that best predicts whether a person is likely to attempt suicide is:
A. whether the person is a member of an underrepresented group.
B. whether the person has access to firearms or other weapons.
C. whether the person experiences economic hardship.
D. whether the person has a serious mental health disorder.
Answer: D
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a. -3.0 b. 0.0 c. .67 d. 1.0
Which of the following terms refers to a set of objectives developed by the United Nations that seek to reduce disparities between developed countries and developing countries?
A. Millennium Development Goals B. Global Development Now C. Development for a Better World D. Building Tomorrow Today
Laboratory research has shown that rats who are allowed to escape shock, and thereby reduce the level of stress they experience, show:
a. lower immune system function than rats who receive no shock b. more learned helplessness than rats who receive no shock c. better immune system function than rats who receive no shock d. less learned helplessness than rats who receive no shock
Because the elderly begin to lose their sensitivity to taste and smell, they begin to engage in which behavior?
A. They eat less. B. They eat more, because they don't remember what they ate. C. They experience healthy levels of weight loss. D. They lose the ability to determine when food is spoiled and suffer more often from food poisoning.