One method used by older adults to obtain prescription medication for abuse is:

a) Purchasing the drug from members of their cohort.
b) Buying it on the street like other illicit drugs.
c) Visiting multiple medical doctors.
d) None of these; prescription drugs are not typically abused in older adulthood.


c

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Which of the following is a defining characteristic of biologically oriented psychologists?

A) They believe that self-awareness, experience, and choice permit us to invent ourselves and our ways of relating to the world as we progress through life. B) They study the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior and mental processes. C) They investigate the ways we perceive and mentally represent the world, remember the past, plan for the future, solve problems, form judgments, make decisions, and use language. D) They study the role of heredity in behavior and mental processes such as psychological disorders, criminal behavior, and thinking.

Psychology

Marnie is a camp counselor, and her ‘troop' has children from several different racial backgrounds. She wants all of the kids to be accepting of each other despite their differences. The most effective way to accomplish this would be to

A. encourage children from different groups to play together. B. come up with group tasks that require a cooperative effort from members of different ethnic groups. C. give the kids a lecture on acceptance and tolerance. D. simply allow the children to interact without intervention.

Psychology

Child abuse is more likely

A) in affluent households than households in poverty. B) against one's own offspring in comparison to stepchildren. C) in two-parent households than one-parent households. D) when there is a history of violence against spouses.

Psychology

Provide an outline of Erikson's industry-versus-inferiority stage, which takes place during the period of middle childhood

What will be an ideal response?

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