Research indicates that having a partner and children is:
a) Essential for happiness in late adulthood.
b) Not essential for happiness in late adulthood.
c) More common with each generation.
d) Likely to increase one's allostatic load.
Answer: b) Not essential for happiness in late adulthood.
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different from those of the confederate (dissimilar group). After the first two trials had been completed, participants were asked whether they would switch places with the confederate—she was apparently very upset by the shocks due to a negative childhood experience with electricity. The researchers found that, in the dissimilar group, ____ agreed to switch places. a. virtually no one b. many people in the 10-trial group but virtually no one in the two-trial group c. many people in both the 10-trial group and the two-trial group d. virtually everyone
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a. genotype b. concordance rate c. phenotype d. polygenic trait rate e. plasticity percentagedescribes the percentages of cases in which both members of twin pairs share the same
_____ pioneered the Gestalt psychology movement.
A) Max Wertheimer B) Frederic Bartlett C) Kurt Lewin D) Hermann Ebbinghaus
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a. the mind and body are separate b. the mind and body are one and the same c. the mind is of greater importance than the body d. the body is of greater importance than the mind