By contrast with young adults, among middle adults (ages 45-64)
a. accidental death rates decrease
b. cancer death rates decrease
c. homicide rates increase
d. suicide rates slowly decrease
e. degenerative diseases decrease
A
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Limitations of naturalistic observation include the
a. small amount of information gained for the effort involved. b. inconvenience and expense of conducting these observations in controlled laboratory settings. c. problems of observer effects and observer bias. d. problem of not being able to follow the APA code of research ethics using this research method.
What effects do high internal locus of control, sense of coherence (SOC), and hardiness have on health and illness?
What will be an ideal response?
A plane hijacking is an example of a
A. background stressor. B. cataclysmic event. C. personal stressor. D. daily hassle.
Simons and Chabris showed participants a film of two basketball teams, one wearing black shirts and the other wearing white
Observers were asked to watch the film closely and count how many times a basketball passed between members of one of the teams, while ignoring the other team. As the observers watched and counted, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked into the middle of the basketball game, faced the camera, thumped its chest, and walked out of view. Which of the following occurred? a. All of the participants lost count of the number of basketball passes because of the unexpected appearance of the gorilla. b. Half of the participants failed to notice the gorilla's appearance. c. All of the participants failed to notice the gorilla's appearance. d. Only the female participants noticed the gorilla.