Parents of a child whose life is threatened by serious illness tend to have a somewhat easier time coping when they
A. spend as much time as possible alone with the sick child.
B. derive their identity from more than the parental role.
C. live with a focus on the future.
D. avoid situations that elicit painful feelings.
Answer: B
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On Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Scale, the higher the score for a stressor, the
A. more common the stressor. B. more stressful the stressor. C. more normative the stressor. D. less stressful the stressor.
Men tend to do less housework than women; this has been attributed to ______.
A. gender equality B. the second revolution C. the second shift D. egalitarianism
Convergence theory states that people in crowds _________
a. make their own rules as they go along. b. carry a plan for their behavior into the crowd. c. behave in surprisingly "normal" ways. d. are taken over by the contagious emotions of the crowd.
Pierre van den Berghe (1978) referred to the South African sociopolitical system as a Herrenvolk democracy. What did he mean by this?
a. A state in which black Africans and Indians are macro-segregated while whites are micro-segregated b. A state in which most whites live in urban neighborhoods with interspersed, but separate, black neighborhoods c. A state that provides most democratic features of political rule to whites while ruling blacks dictatorially d. A state with stark ethnic divisions and heated debates between political parties