The diagnosis of a chronic disease may be seen as a crisis or a psychosocial transition, but both views acknowledge that such a diagnosis

A) ?requires adaptation by those affected.
B) ?affects families more than individuals.
C) ?is more difficult for women than for men.
D) ?is more difficult with diabetes than Alzheimer's.


A

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time spent looking at pairs of pictures of objects. One of the pictures was identified by an artificial name. The researchers found that the children spent __________ time looking at __________. a. less; the picture with the artificial name b. less; the control picture c. more; the picture with the artificial name d. more; the control picture e. the same amount; both types of pictures

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According to the chapter Behavioral Treatment to Change Vocalization Patterns in a Person with

Schizophrenia, in the therapy phase of the study, the baseline condition involved _____________ for bizarre vocalizations and the therapeutic condition involved _____________ for bizarre vocalizations. (a) positive punishment; positive punishment (b) positive punishment; negative punishment (c) negative punishment; positive punishment (d) negative punishment; negative punishment

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The decline in the breast cancer death rate is due mainly to

A) ?decline in alcohol consumption. B) ?decline in cigarette smoking. C) ?improvements in early detection and treatment. D) ?increases in women using hormone replacement therapy.

Psychology

Students at a large metropolitan university may have only superficial contact with others because of their need to

a. identify and defend territory. b. reduce attentional overload. c. prevent learned helplessness. d. maintain self-esteem.

Psychology