The relationship between environmental factors and intellectual skills suggests that with the proper stimulation, practice, and motivation, older people can maintain their mental abilities, or __________
A. learning.
B. plasticity.
C. life experience.
D. intellectual functioning.
Answer: B. plasticity.
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Research by Masling, O'Neill, and Katkin on high oral types found that:
a. they experienced more stress than anal study participants when forced to interact with an impersonal individual b. they experienced less stress than anal participants when forced to interact with an impersonal person c. they experienced more stress in an interaction with an impersonal individual than in an interaction with a warm, personal individual d. they experienced no stress when forced to interact with a cold, impersonal person
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According to the view of David Elkind, Melissa is experiencing a(n): a. imaginary audience b. foundling fantasy c. personal fable d. adolescent myth
Sociocultural perspectives on conduct disorder suggest
a) disadvantaged children are very likely to become antisocial. b) disordered thinking is a result of exposure to antisocial acts among disadvantaged groups. c) early antisocial behavior in combination with socioeconomic disadvantage leads to conduct problems. d) there are established ethnic differences in antisocial behavior.