Jackson is about to retire. In preparation, he has begun to take up golf as a way to fill some of the time he would normally have been at work. Jackson's response best fits with the _____ theory concerning successful aging.
A. temperament
B. activity
C. disengagement
D. stagnation
Answer: B
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Research on teachers' behavior in the classroom shows that
a. boys who call out answers are likely to be severely criticized. b. teachers often pay more attention to boys. c. teachers call on girls as much as they call on boys. d. teachers provide more precise feedback to girls than to boys.
The text reports that in 1980, 2.3 million grandchildren lived in a grandparent-maintained household and that by 1997 this number was:
a. 2.1 million b. 7.5 million c. 2.9 million d. 3.9 million
Janet is alone in a room that contains a chair and a shelf with a book resting on top. She attempts to retrieve the book, but the shelf is a foot above her reach. How will Janet retrieve the book? Psychologists would NOT classify this scenario as a problem because
A. the solution is immediately obvious. B. there is an obstacle between the present state and the goal state. C. the initial state is not clearly defined. D. the goal state is not clearly defined.
The estimated standard error of the mean is always used to predict
a. sample size b. bias c. central tendency d. the variability of the distribution of sample means