The mortality rate for widowed adults following spouses' death from a lingering disease is lower. What is the most likely reason?
A. Anticipatory grief provides a buffer from the widowhood effect.
B. Support from family and friends decreases grief.
C. Anticipatory grief intensifies feelings of independence.
D. Financial concerns override most feelings of grief.
Answer: A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Rotter places:
a. less emphasis on the role of cognitive factors in the prediction of behavior than Skinner b. little emphasis on the role of cognitive factors in the prediction of behavior c. heavy emphasis on the role of cognitive factors in the prediction of behavior d. no emphasis on cognition in the prediction of behavior
Studies of the offspring of nonschizophrenic co-twins from discordant twin pairs suggest that
A) genetic factors cause schizophrenia, while environmental factors are essentially unimportant. B) the heritability of schizophrenia involves the transmission of a single dominant gene. C) a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia may remain unexpressed in some individuals unless it is released by some unknown environmental factors. D) environmental factors play a more important role than genetic factors in the origin of schizophrenia.
Which of the following statements would LEAST likely be made by an animal rights activist?
a. Animal research is unethical. b. Animals have the same degree of rights as do humans. c. The use of animals in research can be justified by the benefits of such research. d. Animal research must be supervised by veterinarians. e. There should be limits to the types of studies that are done using animals.