Why do adolescent boys succeed in committing suicide more often than adolescent girls?
a) Boys attempt suicide more frequently than girls.
b) Boys encounter more serious episodes of major depression than girls.
c) Boys experience more social stigma for attempting suicide than girls.
d) Boys tend to use more violent means, like guns, to attempt suicide.
d
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a. ?the resistance stage of the general adaptation syndrome b. ?that social support is not always positive c. ?that emotion-focused coping has its limits d. ?that conscientiousness does not always predict dispositional optimism
Egbert is a quiet child who is very slow to adapt to change. However, if he is introduced gradually to new people or situations, then eventually he will accept them without too much distress. Thomas and Chess would say his temperament is ______
a) active b) slow-to-warm-up c) difficult d) easy
The multiple intelligences theory does NOT include ____ intelligence
What will be an ideal response?
Roger Barker, Tamara Dembo, and Kurt Lewin (1941) manipulated _______ by making some children view attractive toys that were kept out of their reach.
A) relative deprivation B) anticipation C) response latency D) aggression E) frustration