The majority of older adults rate their health favorably because
A) most of them are still in excellent health.
B) they compare themselves to their same-age peers.
C) they are too embarrassed to reveal their ailments.
D) they realize that things could always be worse.
B
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a. The attention that he is paying to each movement b. His organizing the player's swing into a series of memories for sequential motions that can be stored in long-term memory c. Holding of the information in long-term store d. His retrieval of past episodes of home runs hit by this player
Mirror boxes that create the illusion a phantom limb has been restored are used to:
A) eliminate phantom limb syndrome by demonstrating to patients that it is just a mindbug. B) eliminate phantom limb syndrome by creating a virtual limb with the same functions. C) reduce pain associated with phantom limb syndrome. D) rewire the brain to disconnect cortical areas once used to control the phantom limb.
The fundamental attribution error is to ____, as the actor-observer bias is to ____.?
a. ?the formation of attitudes; the changing of attitudes b. ?individualistic cultures; collectivistic cultures c. ?men; women d. ?others’ behavior; our own behavior
An experimenter is testing the effects of thirst and fear on drinking. The four experimental treatment conditions would be low thirst and low fear; low thirst and high fear; high thirst and low fear; and _____
a. low thirst and low fear c. low thirst and high fear b. high thirst and high fear d. high thirst and low fear