What are some of the behavioral and physiological changes that occur in bereavement in adults?
What will be an ideal response?
Behavioral changes: crying, agitation and restlessness; preoccupation with the image of the deceased; social withdrawal; decreased concentration and attention; depressed mood; anxiety. Physiological changes: muscular weakness; sighing; sleep disturbances; immunological changes; endocrine changes, cardiovascular changes; and decreased body weight.
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Compared to parents in Western cultures, parents in Eastern cultures, such as China, traditionally view emotions in children as something to be __________.
A. expressed B. suppressed C. expressed in group settings but not at home D. expressed at home but not in group settings
While Sarah and Renee are watching a movie on a large screen of an airplane flying through the Grand Canyon, both of them feel motion sickness. Why?
A. Expectation of feeling sick from the reports of their friends. B. Information from the visual system contradicts information from the vestibular system. C. They have flying phobia. D. Motion sickness is most common among thrill-seekers like Sarah and Renee.
Explain what is meant by the statement: The concept "cat" is the answer to the question "What is a cat?"
What will be an ideal response?
Regarding learning principles being applied to recycling efforts, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The use of energy taxes is an example of the use of latent learning to encourage individuals to consume less fossil fuels. b. When factories, work groups, and dorms receive feedback on a weekly basis about how much they recycled, they typically recycle more. c. Recycling is more effective when entire families participate, with some family members reinforcing the recycling behavior of the other family members. d. People are able to calculate the volume of greenhouse gases that their individual consumption adds to the atmosphere by using an ecological footprint calculator.