In an effort to get her partner to begin talking more openly about sex, Sharon asks questions about how she learned about sex at home and at school, how nudity and physical affection were dealt with at home, etc. She also shares information concerning herself. She is using the "getting started talking" strategy of
A) ?talking about talking.
B) ?unconditional positive regard.
C) ?sharing sexual histories.
D) ?mutual empathy.
C
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b. an increase in the number of mental patients, resulting in insufficient staff to care for them. c. a change from custodial care to moral therapy for institutionalized patients. d. more patients receiving psychotherapy and fewer receiving medication.
Raven's Matrices were developed to improve on which issue with intelligence tests?
a. Cross-cultural barriers b. Inconsistency of scores with retesting c. The time needed to complete a test d. Comparisons of old versus young people
A new study reports that in a sample of 11 brains, 4 of the 6 women's brains, but only 2 of the 5 men's brains, had multiple chocolate receptors. (Note: We made this up; there's no such thing as a chocolate receptor, sorry.)
The researchers conclude that their findings explain why so many women are addicted to chocolate. What concerns should a critical thinker have about this study?
When applied to the discussion of drug abuse, the term "generational forgetting" means that:
a. adults turn a blind eye to youthful experimentation. b. youth seek to get high and forget their age. c. adolescents gather with others of their cohort to experiment with drugs. d. the new generation ignores what adults have learned about the hazards of drugs.