Coronary heart disease is the Number 1 cause of death among adults. Consider the categories of psychosocial risk factors described in the textbook: behavioral choice, stress, the environment, and personality. Which specific psychosocial risk factors might elevate your own chances of developing CHD? How might you mitigate or eliminate these factors? Provide as thoughtful a response as you can.
What will be an ideal response?
The best answers consider the effects of living in high-density urban environments (mitigation would involve moving, or taking frequent nature retreats) and personality traits related to Types A and D. Mitigation might involve anger management training, stress management training, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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A. Children tend to make an equal number of same-race and different-race friends. B. Children can show a high degree of mutual acceptance. C. Children tend to make same-gender but different-race friends. D. Children cannot make more different-race friendships as they age.
What percentage of boys and girls have engaged in masturbation by the age of 15, respectively?
A. 25 percent; 25 percent B. 50 percent; 35 percent C. 65 percent; 10 percent D. 80 percent; 20 percent
Anxiety disorders
a. consists of disorders with feelings of manic moods and anxiety. b. will be eliminated as a diagnosis since anxiety is a normal state. c. are quite common with roughly 19% of people experiencing an anxiety disorder. d. All of these apply.
When doing a research paper, you break up the assignment into the steps of doing library research, taking notes, making a detailed outline, and writing the paper. This strategy uses:
a. functional fixedness c. an analogy b. transformational rules d. subgoals