Sixty-year-old Irene has been a secretary for 30 years. Despite her advancing age, her typing skills remain excellent. This is in most part due to the fact that Irene continues to practice her typing every day. The Baltes' would suggest that the process of _____ is most responsible for Irene's continued high level of performance
a. selective
b. optimization
c. compensation
d. stagnation
b
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Carlos is an adolescent who has antisocial tendencies. His father threatens to "beat some sense" into Carlos the way his father beat sense into him. Carlos retorts, "If you think your father is so great, why haven't you spoken to him in five years?" Which therapy format would probably work best in this situation?
a. ?rational-emotive behavior therapy b. ?family therapy c. ?social skills training d. ?Gestalt therapy
You are a psychologist who wants to explain each of the following problems or behaviors. Identify which of the three major theoretical perspectives examined in this chapter will be most useful to you in each case, and briefly explain why
a. Randy finds it difficult to stop smoking, especially when he is studying. b. Alec has an irrational fear of thunderstorms. c. Anne always misbehaves in the supermarket, but is perfectly well-behaved in the car. d. Debra thinks that girls can change into men when they grow up. e. Coco, a cocker spaniel, has learned to sniff out narcotics at the airport. What will be an ideal response
The delivery of health care and counseling services over the Internet, or through other electronic means, is known as ______
a. distance therapy c. webline b. telecommuting d. telehealth
Why did Kuhl (2007) describe young infants as “citizens of the world?”
A. Infants come into the world with the ability to perceive most, if not all, of the phonemes found in all human languages suggesting that they seem equally ready and able to acquire any of the world’s 6,000 or so languages. B. Infants born into the world automatically become a citizen of the world by becoming a member of the human race. C. Infants lack innate ability to speak language and therefore need others to help them. D. Infants lack innate ability to speak language because there are too many phonemes for them to learn.