Author Question: Langer and Rodin (1976) as well as Schultz (1976) conducted field experiments in which nursing home ... (Read 77 times)

cnetterville · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Langer and Rodin (1976) as well as Schultz (1976) conducted field experiments in which nursing home residents were provided more control over their situations.

Unlike Langer and Rodin, however, Schultz and Hanusa (1978) later found that those elderly participants who had earlier been allowed to schedule visits with college students actually had more health problems and higher mortality rates than those participants who had never had control over the visits. Explain these apparently contradictory findings.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Pennebaker's research on the effects of opening up or confiding in others shows that those people who write ________ show the most improvements to their health.

a. the stories with the least amount of traumatic content
b. the stories with the most traumatic content
c. stories that start out incoherent but become more organized
d. stories that focus on relationships

princessflame2016 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Perceived control is not enough to ensure adequate coping if that control is later taken away. Whereas Langer and Rodin (1976) provided a sense of control that continued after the study was completed, Schultz (1976) introduced a temporary intervention. Schultz's studies suggest that perceived control is so powerful that researchers should be careful not to take it away when the study is over.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C