Which of the following features of a social support appears to be most critical in providing a buffering effect in the face of stress?
a. size
b. frequency of contact
c. perception of quality of support
d. perception of the status of its members
Answer: c
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a. differentiation in development. b. proximodistal development. c. cephalocaudal development. d. linear development.
Dr. Kelly has just purposely killed a patient by injecting her with a lethal amount of medication. This patient had an incurable illness and requested to die rather than go through a long, painful treatment. This is an example of a. clinical death
b. passive euthanasia. c. active euthanasia. d. inducing a persistent vegetative state.
An older sibling asks her pregnant mother whether the baby has hair before it is born. "Yes," states her mother, "It is a fine layer of body hair called the
a. prenatal fuzz.". b. lanugo.". c. shaggy encapsulation.". d. monkey's sweater.".
In comparison with an original study, a replication study usually:
A) tests a new hypothesis by making use of technology that was not available in the past B) makes changes in operational definitions without changing the constructs being studied C) reveals potential problems such as restriction of range D) helps a researcher to identify new predictors of a phenomenon