Ways of maintaining a sense of self in an older adult who is coping with life-threatening illness or dying include
a. stressing physical changes occurring in his or her body
b. sharing his or her photographs and prized mementos
c. educating him or her about the disease process
d. emphasizing the importance of rest and quiet
e. reducing contacts with significant others
B
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In 1994, Hernstein and Murray published a controversial book called The Bell Curve. Why was this book so controversial?
a. The authors questioned the effectiveness of Head Start programs for disadvantaged youth. b. The authors recommended an overhaul of affirmative action policies. c. The authors argued that intelligence is the most important predictor of many positive and negative outcomes. d. all of the above
__________ is to analytic intelligence as __________ is to practical intelligence
a. Metacomponent; performance component b. Adaptation; performance component c. Selection; shaping d. Metacomponent; adaptation e. Crystallized; fluid
Kohlberg proposes that moral development occurs in a fixed order, and that people are unable to reach the highest stage of moral reasoning until __________ due to __________
a) middle childhood; deficits in cognitive development b) adolescence; lack of experience and peer pressure c) young adulthood; lack of experience d) adolescence; deficits in cognitive development
Hope believes that she is the "star" of her graduate class and that the other students dislike her because
they are jealous of her superior intelligence. She believes that she is entitled to be exempted from an important exam because of her outstanding performance in class. Hope probably suffers from A) histrionic personality disorder. B) schizoid personality disorder. C) dependent personality disorder. D) narcissistic personality disorder.