Division of the life span into periods of development is a social construction. This indicates that
A. it is biologically determined.
B. it is nonnormative.
C. it is a concept invented by a particular culture.
D. it remains constant across all cultures and societies.
Answer: C
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Jeremy and Jamal are twins who were born to alcoholic parents and separated at birth. Each was raised by a different nonalcoholic adoptive family. Which of the following statements accurately reflects Jeremy and Jamal's risk of alcoholism?
A. Jeremy and Jamal have a nearly 100 percent chance of developing an alcohol use disorder. B. Jeremy and Jamal are twice as likely to develop an alcohol use disorder. C. Jeremy and Jamal are not at risk of developing an alcohol use disorder, as neither of their adoptive families drinks alcohol. D. Jeremy and Jamal have the same risk of developing an alcohol use disorder as any other adoptive children.
Psychoanalysis became quite controversial in North American culture because it:
A) proposed that behaviour was governed, in part, by unconscious sexual desires. B) lacked empirical support for its effectiveness. C) denied the existence of the mind and human free will. D) focused only on observable behaviour and ignored the role of cognition.
In classical conditioning the stimulus that normally evokes an automatic response even without new learning is called the:
a. conditioned stimulus. b. reflexive stimulus. c. unconditioned stimulus. d. orienting stimulus.
If you were to choose one word to describe adults in the period defined by the text as "older adulthood," the best choice would be:
a. frail b. depressed c. diverse d. backward-focused