Although the glorification and romanticizing of suicide in the media contributes to the incidence of copycats, it is more likely that the person copying the suicide is
a. just doing it for attention
b. vulnerable due to an existing psychological disorder.
c. not really serious about the suicide attempt.
d. Feeling validated about an already planned suicide.
b
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a. asocial phase. b. phase of indiscriminate attachments. c. specific attachment phase. d. phase of multiple attachments.
The famous Hinckley case (regarding the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan) resulted in
a. more states placing the burden of proving the defendant's insanity on the defense, rather than requiring the prosecution to prove the defendant's sanity. b. the removal of the verdict "Guilty but Mentally Ill" from many state and federal statutes. c. a return to the ALI standard for criminal insanity. d. none of the above
A platoon of soldiers in basic training is involved in a live ammunition exercise. Their objective is to cross a field while under fire directed just above their heads. One false move and they could be shot
. What physiological change occurs as they crawl across that field? a) Their heart rates decrease. b) Their body releases stress hormones. c) Their bodies are actively digesting food. d) The liver takes in additional fat to preserve the integrity of the organism.
Wallerstein and Blakeslee found that almost 50% of children whose parents divorced were worried, underachieving, and self-deprecating:
A) for about two years after the divorce. B) only immediately after their parents' separation. C) only when the divorce was adversarial. D) even after they reached young adulthood.