An important benefit of having friends in late adulthood is that
A. choosing friends gives one a sense of control.
B. spending time with friends dramatically increases one's satisfaction with life.
C. they often help one another with financial problems.
D. people feel more calm and relaxed around friends than they do around family members.
Answer: A
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According to your text, all but which of the following are problems with using psychiatric drugs to treat psychological disorders?
a. Not all patients respond well to psychiatric drugs. b. Drugs do not teach people how to resolve their problems. c. Relapses are common when patients stop taking drugs. d. Psychiatric drugs carry risks of adverse side effects. e. In the long run, psychiatric drugs are more expensive than psychotherapy.
The problem of dualism refers to how:
A) different areas in the brain control different types of behaviour and cognition. B) mental activity can be reconciled and coordinated with physical behaviour. C) brain activity produces consciousness. D) both genetic and environmental factors influence human behaviour.
Avoidance learning appears to involve both
a. classical and operant conditioning. b. place and latent learning. c. shaping and response chaining. d. fixed and variable ratio schedules.
Anastasia was frightened when she saw a horror movie. Now just seeing the opening credits of that movie makes her nervous. The opening movie credits are a(n):
a. Intermittent reinforcement b. Negative reinforcement. c. Stimulus antecedent. d. Punishment