The loss of near vision in middle adulthood is referred to as __________.
A. visual acuity
B. presbycusis
C. glaucoma
D. presbyopia
Answer: D
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Allport's concept of adulthood differs from the views of other personality theorists in describing people as:
a. doomed to struggle endlessly with unconscious conflicts. b. no longer dominated by childhood drives. c. locked into the traits developed during childhood. d. not being rational in most of their behavior.
Suppose that you are conducting a research project for a social psychology class. Due to the fact that you have no budget for the research, you are forced to rely on a college student population. How big of a problem is this in terms of your ability to later generalize your findings to other groups of people?
a. It is completely unimportant for the majority of topics studied by social psychologists. b. It is a very serious problem for most,but not all topics, within social psychology. c. It is a very serious problem if your sample size is under 1000, and thus, lacks ameasure. d. It is generally not a very serious problem unless you are studying certain topics.
Which statement about sleeping medications is TRUE?
A) Sleeping pills usually are effective for the long-term management of insomnia. B) Sleeping pills reduce the time spent in both REM sleep and the deep stages of sleep. C) Sleeping pills increase the quality of deep sleep but decrease time spent in REM sleep. D) Most sleeping pills are not addictive.
Older people who are partially blind but not mentally disturbed may "see" people, animals, building, plants, and other objects appear and disappear in front of their eyes. This rare condition is known as
a. paranoid schizophrenia. b. Charles Bonnet syndrome. c. Klinefelter's syndrome. d. Turner's syndrome.