What is the main purpose of hospice care?
A. to extend every possible moment of life at any cost
B. to provide treatments to prolong life, even though the treatments may be painful or extraordinarily invasive
C. to provide a warm, supportive environment for the dying and help make life as full as possible
D. to add to the burden of family members as they care for their dying relatives
Answer: C
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Regarding cultural differences in self-esteem, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. People from Asian cultures tend to downplay their faults and failures. b. The self-esteem for people from Western cultures is based on a secure sense of belonging to social groups. c. For people from Western cultures, the path to higher self-esteem lies in self-enhancement. d. People in Western cultures are more apt to engage in self-criticism.
Nelson has recently begun to feel that he has no control over his life. Which of the following is he most likely to do as a result?
A) denounce all religions as superstitions B) realize that feeling in control was actually stressful C) develop a negative affectivity D) develop superstitious explanations about why things happen
The brain area that is specifically important for female sexual behavior is the:
a. medial amygdala b. medial preoptic area c. sexually dimorphic nucleus d. ventromedial hypothalamus
Skinner asserts that to address social and cultural problems, we should
A) each spend a long time alone, as Thoreau did in his book Walden. B) manipulate the environment, which really controls behavior. C) appeal more strongly to people's feelings of guilt. D) increase funding for social research. E) convince people of their free will, emphasizing the consequent ability to choose to behave in more socially constructive ways.