Which of the following findings would be the clearest illustration of the buffering effect of social support?
a. Older widows are less negatively affected by widowhood than are younger widows.
b. Unemployed men who enjoy close relationships with their wives are less likely to be depressed than are those men who have distant relationships with their wives.
c. Adults with more intimate friendships show higher levels of life satisfaction than do adults with fewer or less intimate friendships.
d. The lowest rates of illness and emotional disturbance among widows are found among those with living parents; those with close friends and no living parents are more prone to illness.
b
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After a CS comes to elicit the CR, the CS now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus and this second neutral stimulus will start to elicit a CR. This process is called __________
a) higher-order conditioning. b) neoclassical conditioning.. c) generalization. d) operant conditioning.
Taliba is a teenager with a pimple on her nose. Feeling self-conscious, she is sure everyone is staring at her when in fact no one has noticed. Out of embarrassment she pretends she is sick and calls her mom to pick her up from school
Which of the following best describes Taliba's cognitive experience? a. imaginary audience b. personal fable c. mnemonic device d. concrete operations