Some doctors will prescribe painkillers or sleeping pills for terminally ill patients, knowing that the patient may very well deliberately take a lethal overdose. This is an example of

a. active euthanasia.
b. passive euthanasia.
c. fratricide.
d. assisted suicide.


d

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a. both female friends and male friends are most likely to get together to "just talk.". b. men appear to have somewhat more stable friendship patterns. c. women prefer to get together with friends for specific activities, rather than "just talk.". d. men prefer to get together with friends to work on projects, rather than "just talk.".

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Males with fragile X syndrome are at higher risk of ____ than are members of the general population

a. communication difficulties c. post-traumatic stress disorder b. anxiety disorder d. low motivation

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In Froh and colleagues’ examination of the effectiveness of gratitude interventions, who was likely to increase levels of gratitude by writing letters?

A. people from individualistic cultures B. youth who were low in positive affect C. youth who were high in positive affect D. people from collectivist cultures

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According to the article Spaced Out, about the architecture of living spaces, by the end of the study, the

lowest level of social activity in the living situation was found in the (a) short corridor (b) long corridor (c) intervention corridor (d) there were no differences among corridors

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