Which of the following is TRUE of cancer?
A. Development of cancer is directly related to the Type A behavior pattern.
B. Conclusive evidence suggests that cancer patients are less emotionally reactive, suppress anger, and lack outlets for emotional release.
C. Cancer spreads when certain cells in the body become altered and multiply rapidly in an uncontrolled fashion.
D. Cancer is a disease which cannot be cured even if detected early.
Answer: C
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a. general adaptation syndrome. b. immune response. c. disease coping response. d. body's stress reaction.
A handout on Alzheimer's disease says, "Alzheimer's is the third leading cause of dementia in older persons. It only affects the elderly, it causes marked deterioration in mental functioning without emotional disturbances, and it has no cure." Which portion of this statement is accurate?
a. It is accurate to say that Alzheimer's only affects the elderly b. It is accurate to say that Alzheimer's has no cure. c. It is accurate to say that Alzheimer's is the third leading cause of dementia in older persons. d. It is accurate to say that Alzheimer's causes marked deterioration in mental functioning without emotional disturbances.
Several weeks of diagnostic tests have revealed that cancer has spread throughout Barry's body. His physician suggested that he "take care of important matters." Barry realizes his family's home needs repairs, so he arranges to have that done right away
To relieve his family of the agony of planning his funeral, he has made all the arrangements. Barry told his minister he has had a good life and just wants to make sure he provides for his family after his death. This description fits the stage Kübler-Ross called a) denial. b) acceptance. c) bargaining. d) depression.
Matching the circumstances of encoding and retrieval aids memory. This phenomenon is known as the ______.
A. primacy effect B. recency effect C. environmental context principle D. encoding specificity principle