What is Edwin Shneidman referring to in his use of the term psychache?
A. A person's strong, unconscious hostility combined with a lack of capacity to love others
B. A person who contemplates suicide is likely to harbor simultaneously a wish to live and a wish to die
C. Suicidal events that involve both the victim and a significant other in some way
D. Unbearable mental pain caused by the frustration of a person's most important needs
Answer: D
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Why did the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration promote residential segregation of neighborhoods?
a. to spread the burden of assisting the poor throughout the metropolitan area b. to encourage decentralization of urban areas c. to reduce the need for corporations or service industries to concentrate their facilities in one neighborhood d. to promote more neighborhood stability and higher property values
The authors suggest a four-step process for developing theory. Which of the following is NOT one of their suggested steps?
A. Verstehen or mastering the vocabulary of the milieu. B. Thick interpretation and description. C. Distinguishing insider and outsider meanings and interpretations. D. Developing a lit review of existing theoretical perspectives on this topic. E. Considering macro-micro links to understand and generalize from the observations.
In a study of a half century of mate preferences, the cultural value attached to virginity before marriage
A) declined between 1939 and 1977, but leveled off or increased since then. B) declined since 1939. C) increased between 1939 and 1977, but decreased since then. D) increased since 1939.
Whichof the following countries is much less egalitarian than the others?
a. Sweden b. Brazil c. the United States d. India