Your best friend listens to you talk about your disappointment in not getting into a graduate program you applied to. This type of social support should help you as explained by the:

a. social influence theory.
b. buffering theory.
c. social persuasion theory.
d. mindfulness theory.

Ans: b

Psychology

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a. so that physicians can become wealthy b. to give surgeons practice c. to avoid a potential disaster during birth d. because vaginal deliveries are dangerous

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Maternal behaviors of female rats include:

a. moving pups to new nest sites if the old sites become uninhabitable. b. licking the pups genitals to stimulate urination. c. licking the pups genitals to stimulate defecation. d. All of these are maternal rat behaviors.

Psychology