A physician is deciding whether to prescribe one of the older tricyclic antidepressant drugs or one of the newer, more recently developed ones. Fortunately, a medical journal just published a review of the drugs. What is the likely conclusion?
a) There are no difference other than cost between the two groups of
drugs.
b) The newer drugs are more effective, work faster, and have fewer
side effects.
c) The older drugs have a higher degree of effectiveness but they have some troubling side effects.
d) The two types of drugs do not differ in effectiveness, although the
newer ones have fewer side effects.
b
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The period during which a woman's menstrual cycle slows down and finally stops is called:
a. menopause b. menarche c. parturition d. post-parturition
Albert is 17 years old. Albert is not a very religious person. According to the text, what factor(s) may account for Albert's lack of religiosity?
a. Albert's parents disagree about their religious beliefs. b. Albert's parents are divorced. c. Albert is White. d. All of these answers are correct.
When you visit a former co-worker who recently retired, you are astonished at his list of activities and projects, and he says, "Staying busy keeps me young!" Your former co-worker's philosophy is most consistent with which of the following
perspectives on aging? A) Activity theory B) Adaptation theory C) Ego integrity D) Delimited senescence theory
Homunculus refers to:
a. "One sided," referring to the dominance of one hemisphere over the other b. "Works as one," referring to how the individual parts of the brain work together c. "Little man," referring to how the parts of the body map onto the motor cortex of the brain d. "Folded on itself," referring to the multiple convolutions in the brain