When psychologists say that a person shows resilience it means
A) that regardless of the stresses the person faces, they will feel no emotional distress.
B) the person has not been faced with significant stressors.
C) the person can successfully adapt and survive in threatening circumstances.
D) recovering from traumatic events without the need for psychological protective factors.
C
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a. are aroused by wearing clothes of the other gender b. have had a sex change operation c. occasionally wear clothes of the other gender d. are aroused by fantasies about clothes of the other gender
The outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Great Britain and other countries during the 1990s probably resulted from
A. spontaneous genetic mutations. B. housing cattle in too close proximity to infected sheep. C. the use of ground bone and meat in animal feed. D. the use of hormones to promote growth in cattle.
A mother's level of psychological stress is ______ to the health of the newborn, and the way she copes with stress is ______ to the health of the newborn
a. unrelated; unrelated c. unrelated; related b. related; unrelated d. related; related
Poverty plays a large role in determining whether a student completes high school. Students from lower-income households are __________ more likely to drop out than are middle- and higher-income students
a) two times b) three times c) four times d) five times