Mario has just returned from his third deployment to Iraq. For several months after returning, he is unable to sleep and has difficulty dealing with flashbacks of mortar fire over the compound in which he worked. Using a biopsychosocial model, we might explain his problems as deriving from
A) the stress of deployment alone.
B) a diathesis, as well as the stress of deployment.
C) a lack of social support.
D) a failure in coping alone.
B
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Feelings of control over stressors __________.
A. do not make a difference when it comes to extremely severe stressors like torture B. can make a difference even for victims of torture-if the person feels they have some control, they tend to be less affected by the stressor over the long term C. can make people feel worse because they believe they should have been able to change what happened D. can make a difference even for victims of torture-if the person feels they have some control, they tend to be more affected by the stressor over the long term
A police officer testifies that the defendant in a murder trial confessed to the crime. Under cross-examination, the officer reveals details of the interrogation that suggest it is likely that the defendant was coerced into confessing. How are jurors likely to react to the confession evidence? a. Jurors will discount the confession because it was coerced. b. Jurors will accept the confession
because as a general rule jurors don't believe that people would confess to acrime that they did not commit. c. Jurors will believe that they have discounted the confession, but will vote to convict anyway. d. If the judge instructs jurors to disregard the confession evidence, then they will discount it, but otherwise, theywill not.
What did researchers find in cross-cultural studies of attachment?
A) Insecure attachment was more common in western cultures. B) European countries value independence, fostering insecure attachment. C) Avoidant children were more common in Israel and Japan. D) Secure attachment is the most common pattern in the eight countries studied.
A number of researchers have found that people from ________ cultures are less likely to engage in obvious attempts to reduce cognitive dissonance
a. industrialized b. independent c. primitive d. interdependent