People's personal identities, and their various social identities, require them to be different people in different contexts. This results in________

a) people having false selves depending on the context
b) people often operating from a less-than-principled position
c) others defining too much of who we are
d) a potentially variable but coherent self-definition


d

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Early research on the effects of labeling mental disorders identified which outcome regarding the impact of stigmatization for those suffering from psychiatric conditions?

A. Those who had been labeled as mentally ill were often unable to find either health insurance or life insurance policies. B. There is more mental illness in those who work in corporate America than in those who work in blue-collar professions. C. Those who were labeled as mentally ill had lower incomes compared to those who suffered from the same symptoms but were not so labeled. D. Those who had been committed to a mental health facility were generally unemployable after they were released.

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Which of the following represents your authors' position regarding the use of physical discipline with children?

a. Physical punishment is something that could disappear "overnight," if only people would learn better parenting strategies. b. Physical punishment is only problematic when it occurs in poverty-stricken families because there is already more stress than a child can endure in such circumstances. c. As long as physical punishment of children is considered to be acceptable and effective, children will continue to be abused. d. Parents need to learn that physical discipline can be part of an effective parenting strategy as long as it is not overused.

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What structure is composed of two layers of fat molecules that are free to flow around one another?

a. the endoplasmic reticulum b. a ribosome c. a mitochondrion d. the membrane

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According to Kraepelin, mental disorders can be seen in terms of symptom clusters that have their own cause, course, and outcome, which are considered ____ in origin

a. sociocultural b. biological c. psychological d. culturally universal

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