In what context are you most likely to view an elderly person in stereotypic terms?
a. When you see the person at the health club.
b. When you see the person at church.
c. When you see the person at the mall.
d. When you see the person in a nursing home.
d. When you see the person in a nursing home.
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A. permissive B. authoritative C. authoritarian D. uninvolved
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should ____. a. ?score very similarly b. ?have identical scores c. ?show no significant similarity in scores d. ?have scores that are complementary
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a. the rating scale b. situational testing c. projective tests d. personality inventories