When Lorraine's twins were born nine weeks early and were hospitalized because of their prematurity, she spent every day at the hospital with them. Her neighbors wanted to help in any way they could, so they cut her lawn and watered her flowers while she was gone. Lorraine's parents helped by caring for her 3-year-old son, so Lorraine could be with the babies. The help she received in her time of need from her neighbors and parents is best described as
a) emotion-focused coping.
b) social support.
c) perceived control.
d) a secondary appraisal.

In the years following world war 1 , the red scare played a key role in the following political changes except

The graph shows excess demand. which needs to happen in order to stop disequilibrium from occurring? q needs to be coordinated with supply. q needs to be coordinated with demand. the price of goods needs to be increased. the price of goods needs to be decreased.

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.