One criticism of past research on cognitive aging is that it focused on intellectual
A) stability.
B) gains.
C) competence.
D) deficits.
D
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a. old older adults. b. ancient people. c. really old folks. d. elderly individuals. e. over the hill folks.
Dallas is using the rational method when, upon seeing that birds eating certain berries do not die, concludes that the berries are not poisonous
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which theory of emotion predicts that you are most likely to "love" someone who gets you stirred up emotionally, even when fear, anger, frustration, or rejection is part of the formula?
a. Cannon-Bard b. attribution c. James-Lange d. common sense
Regarding the psychological causes of anxiety disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Psychologists who take a cognitive view believe that distorted thinking causes people to magnify ordinary threats and failures, which leads to distress and anxiety. b. Humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers believed that anxious individuals have built up unrealistic, mental images of themselves. c. A behaviorist would explain that the powerful reward of immediate relief from anxiety keeps self-defeating avoidance behaviors alive. d. Psychologists who take an existential view emphasize that unhealthy anxiety is caused by forbidden id impulses for sex or aggression that threaten to break through into behavior.