Which of the following statements about falls in late adulthood is true?
A) Declines in vision, hearing, and mobility increase the risk of falling.
B) Because of weakened bones, serious injury results about 40 percent of the time.
C) The risk of serious injury due to falling far outweighs the health benefits of activity.
D) Nearly all older adults who have fallen admit that they purposefully avoid activities because they are afraid of falling again.
A
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A) allows researchers to see directly the behavior of interest as it occurs in everyday settings. B) yields richly detailed narratives that offer valuable insight into the many factors that affect development. C) permits participants to display their thoughts in terms that are as close as possible to the way they think in everyday life. D) is useful for studying behaviors that investigators rarely have an opportunity to see in everyday life.
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a. begins with a noun b. contains a subject and a predicate c. begins with a verb d. constitutes a complete constituent of a certain type
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