Suppose two people experience the same stressful events, and as a result of the experience, one person develops an affective disorder while the second person shows no ill effects. The diathesis-stress model would most likely explain this by saying that the
a. person who developed the disorder was older than the other person.
b. disordered person must be female and the other person must be male.
c. two people had different predispositions for the disorder and had likely experienced different levels of stress during past encounters with similar stimuli.
d. person who developed the disorder had a gene that guaranteed the disorder would develop at some point (even without any stress).
c
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A. Ageist B. Heterosexist C. Racist D. Sexist
There is some evidence that altruism can be learned. If there is indeed a learned component to altruism, we might also predict that
A. identical twins should be more likely to act altruistically than fraternal twins. B. altruistic acts should be more frequent in societies whose media depicts altruism favorably. C. altruistic acts should be more commonly performed in private settings rather than publicly. D. self-reported motivations for altruistic behavior should be relatively constant across the lifespan.
Volunteer work is considered to be a __________.
A. civic activity B. waste of time C. a way to avoid civic responsibilities D. a diffusion of technology