Your friends Jeff and Lucia are considering living together as a kind of trial run, to see if they want to get married
They know you are studying psychology, and ask you whether psychologists know anything about couples who live together. Which of the following would best describe the current information?
a. Cohabitation before marriage is generally a good way to prepare for marriage; those who have cohabited later have more lasting and satisfying marriages.
b. Cohabitation before marriage appears to be helpful for some couples, especially those with higher levels of education.
c. Cohabitation appears to be most helpful for people who have experienced the divorce of their parents.
d. Couples who are engaged before moving in together tend to have marriages as successful as those of couples who did not cohabit before marriage.
D
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a) "I've been smoking my whole life and I don't have health problems." b) "No one I know who smokes is sick." c) "I know these cigarettes are killing me but I just can't stop." d) "That is not true. Cigarettes are not that harmful."
Any delay in receiving treatment for schizophrenia increases the risk for severe impairment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false