The rigid notion that old people who live in institutions have nothing to contribute to society often prevents them from optimizing what talents and skills they do have. This is an example of ______
a. working backward c. functional fixedness
b. elimination d. compensatory modeling
C
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Financial independence and separation from parents are two characteristics of which transitional period?
a. The "tweenies" b. Late adolescence c. Emerging adulthood d. The adult-onset period
A decrease in speed seems to be the crucial underlying explanation for many of the intellectual declines with age
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The situation least likely to lead to overindulgence in an unwanted consummatory behavior is:
a. when you are stressed. b. when you are calm. c. when you are depressed. d. when you are unusually happy.
In recent decades, research has determined that Piaget's theory was very useful in terms of ____
a. its ability to completely understand infant cognitive development b. its overall description of infant cognitive development c. its theoretical explanation of infant cognitive development d. its explanation of object permanence