Which of the following statements about stressful life events and mood disorders is the most accurate?
a. A person whose self-esteem is based on how much they are liked is most likely to become depressed when a close relationship fails.
b. Stressful life events play a role in major depression, but not in bipolar disorder.
c. Stressful life events only precede episodes of mania, but not depression.
d. There is no relationship between stressful life events and mood disorders.
A
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According to the findings of Matsumoto and Fletcher (1996) on the relationship between the four cultural dimensions and incidence of diseases, higher power distance was equated with:
a) higher rates of infections and parasitic diseases. b) higher rates of malignant neoplasms and heart disease. c) lower rates of infections and parasitic diseases. d) lower rates of cerebrovascular disease and respiratory disease.
Initial reviews of the Incomplete Sentences task by Lanyon and Lanyon have
a. indicated poor reliability. b. shown very little to recommend the test. c. been positive and encouraging. d. indicate low validity.
Under what circumstances should the chi-square statistic not be used?
a. If fe> 5 for any cell c. If fe = fo for any cell b. If fe< 5 for any cell d. None of the other options is correct.