Marcy wants to study the effects of stress on mental health. She compares residents of Joplin, Missouri (a town that experienced a devastating tornado), to residents in another town of comparable size in Missouri that was not devastated by a tornado. Marcy's study is an example of a(n) experiment
a. natural
b. analogue
c. single-subject
d. cross-sectional
a
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Karen is dangerously thin and has been admitted to the hospital because of her anorexic condition. The initial goal of treatment will be to ____
a. help her understand that she is in danger of killing herself b. safely restore weight c. begin family therapy sessions d. involve her in a group program with other anorexic girls
Adolescence is known as a time when young people distance themselves from the values and behaviors of older people. Which of the following statements regarding this behavior is true?
Adolescents who strive toward a sense of total autonomy tend to be well-adjusted and healthy. Most adolescents do not choose to distance themselves from the values of older people in their lives. Adolescents who feel valued by their communities and their elders are less likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors. Adolescents who develop a strong sense of their own identity are likely to be in conflict with their elders.
In the majority opinion in Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc, Supreme Court Justice O'Connor used which standard as the referent?
A. Reasonable person standard B. Reasonable woman standard C. Reasonable man standard D. Reasonable employee standard
Which of these statements is true of normalcy and mental illness?
(a) mental illness is as real as pneumonia or cancer (b) if a problem is considered a mental illness, then it has no significant biological component (c) people with psychological problems can rarely be helped live normal lives (d) the definition of normalcy is based on facts, with value issues playing little or no role (e) all of the above