Many people believe that suicide represents the ultimate failure to cope with life's stresses. Others feel that suicide is, itself, a coping response. What do you think? Is one type of stress more likely to lead to suicide than others?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should refer to the section on coping to establish whether suicide fits the bill as an example of constructive coping. To most, the answer will be "obviously not.". So the best answers will be those that go further in a creative and insightful way to explore possible arguments for suicide as a coping response and/or those that thoughtfully explore the notion that suicide is the ultimate failure to cope. Answers should demonstrate understanding of the four types of stress and provide well-reasoned arguments for one or more types being more likely (or not) to lead to suicide.
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a. quantitative differences primarily b. qualitative differences primarily c. both quantitative and qualitative differences d. what their friends will think
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a. staff and faculty; peers b. peers; family c. family; peers d. there were no racial differences in sources of support
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. correlational research b. observational research c. experimental research d. an archival analysis