Modern definitions of successful aging have shifted the focus toward
A) specific achievements and physical characteristics.
B) the processes older adults use to reach personally valued goals.
C) easily measurable outcomes, such as the absence of disabilities.
D) cognitive performance and creative achievements.
B
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Your text describes in some detail a study by Gastil in which participants reported the mental images evoked by sentences. This research found that
a. males reported more male images than female images when responding to sentences containing he, but females showed no pronoun effect. b. females reported more male images for the he sentences than males did. c. both males and females reported an equal number of male and female images when responding to sentences containing they. d. masculine generic terms produced more thoughts about males than did gender-neutral terms.
The first stage of the Atkinson?Shiffrin model involved the retention of large amounts of incoming data for very brief amounts of time. This is called ____
a. ?declarative memory b. ?short-term memory c. ?sensory memory d. ?explicit memory
Temporarily stressful episodes such as a fall, argument, or frightening experience have
a. been shown to stunt prenatal growth. b. few if any harmful consequences for the mother or her fetus. c. resulted in birth complications. d. been linked to changes in fetal sensory reactivity.
Settings that require significant human adaptation for performance and health (physical and psychological) are known as:
a) ergonomic environments b) anthropometric environments c) extreme environments d) danger zones