According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale Shown in Table

question 18

Multiple Choice

According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale shown in Table 12.1, which of the following life changes would receive the lowest number of Life Event Units?

• A)Death of a spouse
• B)Death of a close family member
• C)Death of a close friend
• D)Marriage

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Definitions:

Universal Suffrage

Universal suffrage is the right of all adult citizens, regardless of gender, race, or economic status, to vote in political elections.

Absolutism

A political doctrine and form of government where unlimited, complete power is held by a centralized sovereign individual, without checks or balances from any other part of the government or society.

Leviathan

A term originally used to refer to a large sea monster from biblical times, but intellectually expanded by Thomas Hobbes to describe an all-powerful sovereign authority in his political theory.