Social support is less likely to limit negative effects of stress when the person who is stressed:
A. is also spiritually oriented.
B. is married or living with a long-term partner.
C. has cancer or heart disease.
D. lives in a culture that discourages asking for support.
Answer: D
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According to Freud, the energy that flows from the life instincts and drives the personality is called
a. the ego. b. the libido. c. Thanatos. d. the conscience.
A key element to overcoming the hazards of growing up poor is
A) leaving home at an early age to escape the negative environment. B) recognizing and getting resigned to the powerlessness that comes with being poor. C) getting social support from parents, mentors, and friends. D) refusing to admit the harmful aspects of one's neighborhood.
According to Martin and Halverson's gender-schema theory, children learn
a. gender roles through reinforcement and punishment. b. gender-appropriate behavior after achieving gender constancy. c. gender-appropriate behavior by paying attention to experiences and events that are gender-appropriate. d. gender roles through prenatal exposure to sex hormones.
Which of the following perspectives is most closely related to functionalism?
A. Biological B. Evolutionary C. Psychodynamic D. Behavioral