A twenty-five year old man refuses to visit his grandmother who is seriously ill and near death. Which theory best explains his reluctance to visit?
a. the stage theory of death
b. psychosocial theory
c. dying trajectory theory
d. terror management theory
D
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a. use information exchange as a form of distraction. b. escalate play in intensity. c. modulate their actions. d. reveal their feelings.
Zoya's temper kept getting her into trouble, and she entered into a therapy program
designed to change this. With the guidance of a therapist she is now beginning to apply the anger-management techniques she has learned to important aspects of her life. Zoya is in the __________ stage of the stress inoculation training program. a. resistance b. skills acquisition and rehearsal c. conceptualization d. application and follow-through e. problem-focused coping
G. Stanley Hall described adolescence as a __________
A) time in which sexual impulses reawaken in the genital stage, triggering psychological conflict and volatile behavior B) period so turbulent that it resembled the era in which humans evolved from savages into civilized beings C) generally pleasant time of life in which the social environment is entirely responsible for the range of teenage experiences D) time when internal stresses and social expectations prompt moments of uncertainty, self-doubt, and disappointment