Explain the biological and psychological factors contributing to suicide.
What will be an ideal response?
Genetic factors appear to play a role in suicide, which tends to run in families. A number of studies have linked suicide with low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Individuals who attempt suicide and who have low serotonin levels are 10 times more likely to attempt suicide again than are attempters who have high serotonin levels. Poor physical health, especially when it is long-standing and chronic, is another risk factor for suicide. Psychological factors that can contribute to suicide include mental disorders and traumas such as sexual abuse. Approximately 90 percent of individuals who commit suicide are estimated to have a diagnosable mental disorder. An immediate and highly stressful circumstance-such as the loss of a loved one or a job, flunking out of school, or an unwanted pregnancy-can lead people to threaten and/or to commit suicide. Substance abuse is linked with suicide.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which type of theorist would be most likely to describe the human mind in terms of "mental hardware and software"?
a. Psychoanalytic b. Constructivist c. Information-processing d. Operant conditioning
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A) personal constructs. B) locus of control. C) outcome expectancies. D) person–situation controversy.
According to Melanie Klein, notions of good and bad, and right and wrong, come from:?
a. ?an infant's interactions with his or her mother's breast during the oral stage b. ?a child's religious training c. ?the modeling experiences provided by a child's parents d. ?the internalization of parental values during the phallic stage of development