The most serious drawback to Kübler-Ross's theory is that
A) dying people are unlikely to display denial after learning of their condition because most people trust doctors.
B) it looks at dying patients' thoughts and feelings outside the contexts that give them meaning.
C) a normal dying person goes through the five stages, but not in Kübler-Ross's sequence.
D) it fails to recognize that as dying people move closer to death, their reactions are predictable.
B
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Which of the following best describes Vygotsky's concepts of scaffolding?
a. the belief in the uniqueness of their personal experiences and their personal destiny b. the capacity to think about thinking c. the difference between skills or tasks that adolescents can accomplish alone d. the degree of assistance provided to the adolescent in the zone of proximal development
Research on gender typing reveals that
A) beginning at birth, parents have different expectations of sons than of daughters. B) parents tend to describe achievement and warmth as important for sons. C) parents actively reinforce closeness and independence in boys and dependency in girls. D) fathers are more insistent that girls rather than boys conform to gender roles.