Which statement about the relationship between religious experiences and positive health outcomes is FALSE?
A) Religiosity and spirituality are associated with lower rates of heart disease.
B) Intercessory prayer (praying for someone) has been shown to have beneficial effects.
C) Religiosity and spirituality are associated with decreases in chronic pain.
D) Religiosity and spirituality are associated with improved psychological health.
B) Intercessory prayer (praying for someone) has been shown to have beneficial effects.
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a. no longer in the top 15 causes. b. second only to heart disease. c. second only to cancer. d. down to the tenth leading cause.
The advent of psychotropic drugs in the 1950s was considered a major revolution in the treatment of mental disorders because ____
a. the medications slowly reduced patients' symptoms b. patients were able to focus their attention without resorting to therapy c. use of medications contradicted the idea of the psychological basis of mental illness d. stays in mental hospitals were shortened and became more cost-effective
Which of the following is true about mirror neurons?
Lewin’s “law of group change” argued that people are most easily influenced
a. by isolating them from their reference groups. b. through first changing their leaders. c. through organizational development. d. by exposing them to persuasive messages. e. when they are part of a group that changes.