Which theory explains older adults' reduced social network as being due to our ageist society?
A) Activity theory
B) Disengagement theory
C) Socioemotional selectivity theory
D) The theory of selective optimization with compensation
A
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How does the brain represent language in a bilingual person? a. One language is in the left hemisphere and the other is in both hemispheres
b. One language is in the left hemisphere and the other is in the right hemisphere. c. An expanded area of the brain controls language, but it is the same for both languages. d. One language is in Broca's area and the other is in Wernicke's area.
Why might adolescence in particular be associated with higher rates of depression in females than males? a. Because teachers tend to be more encouraging of positive behaviors in boys than they are of girls during junior and senior high school years. b. Because parents tend to be much more supportive of boys than girls during adolescence
c. Because research has found that girls are genetically more likely to suffer from depression during these formative years than are boys. d. Because the social challenges of adolescence are often greater for girls than for boys.
Ken wants his managers to be better evaluators of his employees. Toward this end, he can do all of the following except
a. rely on one evaluator who is shown to be objective for all employees. b. train his managers to sharpen their memory skills. c. teach managers to focus attention on job-relevant behaviors. d. minimize the time between employee performance and performance evaluation.
The analysis in Chapter 3 of four types of death-related concerns commonly found in individuals in our society demonstrates that
a. all humans are anxious about death b. there is great variation in human attitudes toward death c. death-related attitudes cannot be influenced by human beings d. the distinction between "fear" and "anxiety" is prominent in death-related research e. all of these concerns essentially involve the same thing