Crisis intervention aims to reduce the risk of an imminent suicide attempt by providing suicidal persons:
A. easy access to medication to subdue their thoughts of suicide.
B. coping skills that they may use in the long term.
C. easier access to treatment by way of financial support.
D. someone to talk with who understands their feelings and problems.
Answer: D
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preoccupied about possible problems with the classroom equipment, James actually does experience problems with the computer projection system during his first lecture. Psychologist Claude Steele referred to this as a. scapegoating. b. stereotype threat. c. dogmatism. d. cognitive dissonance.
The Gestalt principle of ____ implies that people organize visual perception in the ____
a. continuity; most complex manner possible b. proximity; top-down processing manner c. closure; bottom-up processing manner d. Pragnanz; simplest manner possible
According to Bandura, experience gives people a sense of self-____, which to a person's beliefs about their own abilities and talents
a. efficacy b. esteem c. image d. concept
Tessa does not want to get her son vaccinated because she heard an actress on a talk show say that vaccines cause autism
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