What is the term for families in which members are isolated from one another and don't know about each other's lives?

A) Disengaged B) Enmeshed C) Authoritarian D) Ambivalent


Answer: A

Psychology

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In MOST people, the long-term memory store has:

A) no known capacity limits. B) a finite capacity of 7 plus or minus 2 gigabytes of information. C) capacity limits for verbal but not visual information. D) considerably less capacity in adolescence relative to adulthood.

Psychology

You find it hard to sleep due to your roommate's sleeping behavior. She snores quite a bit and at times it sounds as though she has great difficulty breathing. Your roommate may have ________

a) sleep apnea b) night terrors c) nightmares d) narcolepsy

Psychology

It is time for a game of Jeopardy. The category is "Social Factors That Contribute to Stress." The revealed answer is "Lack of task variety or human contact." What will you say right before the buzzer sounds?

a) "What is one cause of job stress?" b) "What is one cause of poverty?" c) "What is road rage?" d) "What is overcrowding?"

Psychology

A major disadvantage of cross-sectional research is that

A) age-related changes cannot be examined. B) participants often drop out before the study is over. C) factors affecting individual development cannot be explored. D) practice effects often cause biased findings.

Psychology