Douglas is the director of a large residential center for the elderly. He recently became concerned about the high death rate of his residents. If he wanted to lower that death rate, one option he might try is __________
a) accepting younger residents.
b) accepting residents who are in better health.
c) to give his residents more control over their lives.
d) to take stress away from his residents by making all of their decisions for them.
c
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a. sex training b. language skills c. feeding d. toilet training
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a) classical b) social-learning theory c) operant d) reinforcement