Theo returned home from vacationing in Europe. While he was flying home, his father died after suffering a heart attack. When told of his father's death, Theo suffered from symptoms similar to a panic attack
The unexpected death of his father would be described as a(n) __________ for Theo.
a) chronic stressor
b) primary appraisal
c) secondary appraisal
d) acute stressor
Answer: d
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b. You might forget the details of something you read as an assignment. c. You might trust something you heard from an unreliable rumor. d. You might show up at the wrong time or place for an appointment.
Why does adolescence appear to be a prime time for the development of eating disorders in females?
a. It is the first time that girls receive media images promoting thinness. b. It takes someone at the formal operational stage of thinking to develop the obsessive food-related behaviors seen in anorexia and bulimia. c. The gene that controls eating does not "turn-on" until that time of life. d. The normal weight gain in puberty is viewed as problematic.
According to Horwitz, et al. (1998), mothers with high levels of stress, who worked more than 15 hours a week outside of the home, and who had negative attitudes toward medical care providers, were:
a. more likely to have their child vaccinated. b. more likely to have children with serious injuries. c. more likely to have an infant die to SIDS. d. more likely to have a child with a chronic illness.
The _______________ involved poor African American sharecroppers with a potentially fatal sexually transmitted infection who were not treated for the infection even after a cure was available
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