What is the term for the biological cost of adapting to stress?
A. Allostatic load
B. Homeostatic load
C. Sympathetic load
D. Parasympathetic load
Answer: A
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A. Providing detailed information about the study and obtaining the subject's consent to participate. B. Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks. C. Ensuring that the selection of subjects includes people from all segments of the population. D. Ensuring that persons with diminished autonomy are protected.
In working with leukemic children ages three to nine, anthropologist Myra Bluebond-Langner concluded
a. that these children were generally unaware of their dying condition. b. that these children seemed to know they were dying but felt this was a reversible process. c. that age was not as important in the children's self-awareness of their dying as was their experience with the disease and its treatment. d. both b and c. e. None of the above.
The form of treatment that has been found to be most successful for individuals with intellectual disability is
A. interpersonal therapy. B. behavioral approach to skills training. C. medication. D. the cognitive approach to self-care activities.
The stage of deepest sleep shows 50% of brain waves are _____ waves
a) alpha b) delta c) theta d) beta