Which of the Following Is TRUE About Social Support

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is TRUE about social support?

• A) Social support has physiological effects on people.
• B) With the exception of those with severe psychological disorders, people are equally skillful at offering social support to those they care about.
• C) Social support is always beneficial to its recipients.
• D) Overall, being supported by actual acts of support is more important than believing we will be supported.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Psychic Secretions

Bodily reactions that occur in response to psychological stimuli, historically explored in the context of Pavlov's conditioning experiments.