Tony likes to mountain climb, surf, and skateboard. He finds these activities challenging, rewarding, and energizing. According to Hans Selye, Tony is experiencing
a. eustress.
b. microstressors.
c. hardy stress reactions.
d. behavioral risk factors.
a
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Which of the following best explains the ineffectiveness of some delinquency prevention programs from the perspective of adolescent participants and programmers respectively?
a. "I don't want to be there," and "We should have caught the problem earlier." b. "There are too many boys there," and "We should wait until they are more mature." c. "There are too many girls there," and "We should wait until they are more mature." d. "I don't want to be there," and "Programs should be centered in urban areas."
After the mass suicides related to the cults at Jonestown, people tended to blame the victims and accuse them of being psychologically unstable or deranged. Social psychologists are more likely to explain these mass suicides as being due to
a. individual differences, such as antisocial personality. b. mental illness in most of the cult members. c. the social influence of cult leaders. d. the imagined presence of an all-powerful deity.