Describe four strategies for reducing loneliness. (4 points; 1 for each correct answer) What keeps some lonely people from using these strategies? (1 point)
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Describe four strategies for reducing loneliness. 4 points for any 4 of the following:
- Participate in activities you can do with others; join organizations that reflect your interests
- Attend to the warning signals of loneliness; try new social activities
- Be positive when you meet new people; be supportive of others; give compliments
- Seek help; see a counselor
What keeps some lonely people from using these strategies? 1 point for any of the following:
- Staying away from other people keeps a person from having to face something else that is even scarier than being lonely
- Being lonely is better than having to approach new people who might not like you, reject you, or be mean to you
- A person is getting something out of being lonely—sympathy, or being "right" for example
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a. the extent to which two independent variables change together. b. that as one independent variable increases, another decreases. c. that as one variable changes, another changes in the same direction. d. that as one variable changes, another changes in the opposite direction.