Provide two definitions of coping
What will be an ideal response?
Recall from Chapter 1 that coping refers to the effective use of resources and strategies to deal with internal or external demands (Coyne & Holroyd, 1982). Another definition of coping is "the efforts we take to manage situations we have appraised as being potentially harmful or stressful" (Kleinke, 2007, pp. 290-291).
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The analogical reasoning tested by Chen and colleagues in their "pull on a toy string" experiment drew upon
a. semantic similarity of words. b. perceptual similarity among objects. c. auditory similarity among sounds. d. relational similarity.
Dr. Melville is interested in the ways adolescent girls and boys use networking sites on the Internet. This would best be described as a question of
A) sex differences. B) gender differences. C) sex-linked characteristics. D) neurobiology.
Which of the following is true of Chelsea's Law, which came into being during the trial of John Albert Gardner III?
A. It recommends parole sentences for all offenders who kidnap, drug, or use a weapon against a child B. It requires lifetime parole with GPS tracking for offenders who commit forcible sex crimes against children under age 14. C. It allows parole sentences for adult first-time offenders and juvenile offenders below the age of 14. D. It seeks the abolition of GPS tracking for offenders who commit forcible sex crimes against children under age 14.
According to the Kinsey report, what percentage of women were predominantly homosexual?
A. between 2 and 6 percent B. 20 percent C. 46 percent D. more than 90 percent