Which of the following is NOT considered an age-related change in the physical apparatus of the eye of an elderly person?
a) the retina of a 60-year-old person receives a third as much light as a 20-year-old person
b) the optic nerve becomes less efficient in transmitting nerve impulses to the brain
c) the lens of the eye becomes less transparent
d) the elderly are less able to distinguish colors
d
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What is it?
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a. strength and ambivalence b. accessibility and strength c. accessibility and ambivalence d. distinctiveness and ambivalence
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a. the individual good—collective bad trap b. the one-person trap c. the missing hero trap d. the secret buddy trap
Which of the following best describes the effectiveness of deinstitutionalization?
a. a resounding success b. an unequivocal failure c. has not been in place long enough to evaluate. d. a mix of success and failure e. predominantly successful since most patients are serviced by the community