Which of the following statements about changes in vision in adulthood is true?
A) The lens narrows and becomes more elastic.
B) Color discrimination improves.
C) The muscles controlling the pupil weaken.
D) Visual acuity increases.
C
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Which personality characteristic is least likely to be linked with life satisfaction in later life?
a. Attachment b. Extroversion c. Lack of neuroticism d. Optimism
__________ says that older adults spend more time on information that brings them emotional satisfaction in the present and less time on information that might be useful for the future.
A. Piaget’s cognitive development theory B. Kohlberg’s moral development theory C. Carstensen’s socioemotional selectivity theory D. Bowlby’s internal working model E. Erikson’s psychosocial theory
When Jack was painting houses on his own, he was able to paint an average of three large rooms per day. Recently he joined up with two friends, and they paint as a team. Now Jack finds he usually only gets two rooms painted per day. The process that would best explain why Jack accomplishes less working as part of a group than on his own is:
a. social interference b. the bystander effect c. nonconformity d. social loafing
__________ gene–environment correlation becomes common at older ages
A) Passive B) Active C) Evocative D) Stagnant