At a dinner party, you hear someone make the following statement: "Religion doesn't do any good for anyone. Religious people are no healthier, and die at the

same ages as do nonreligious people." According to the evidence given in the text, how should you reply? a. "You're right. The research evidence shows no relationship between religion and health."
b. "The research allows an even stronger statement: highly religious people are actually less healthy than are irreligious people."
c. "You're quite wrong. The research evidence shows that religious people are healthier and live longer."
d. "You can't make that statement. There is no research evidence one way or the other about the relationship between religious involvement and health."


Answer: c

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Crandall, in his study of binge eating in women’s groups, found that

  a.  most of the groups he studied considered binge eating to be an unhealthy.   b.  the more popular women in the group forced less popular women to binge.   c.  women who did not binge tended to start binging when they joined these groups.   d.  the groups’ norms were not internalized.

Psychology

Which of the following is a nonprobability stratified sampling method?

A. simple random sampling B. quota sampling C. convenience sampling D. chance sampling

Psychology

The forebrain is one of _______ operationally distinct sections of the brain

a. two b. three c. four d. five

Psychology

Imagine that you are being taught how to conduct an interview. You are reminded that a good interviewer must try to create a positive social relationship with the respondent in order to facilitate trust and open communication

In other words, you are being trained to establish a. rapport. b. empathy. c. confidence. d. a common language.

Psychology