Older adults have the ability to remember, dream, and exercise behavioral control. To what are these factors most related?
a. Biologic age
b. Psychologic age
c. Social age
d. Chronologic age
B
Psychologic age refers to the behavioral capacity of the person to adapt to changing environ-mental demands and the ability to remember, learn, and exercise behavioral control.
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1. Resilience gives individuals more reasons to live. 2. Difficulty communicating and the ability to integrate new and old information is the reason for suicidal behavior. 3. Constriction of thought, a dyadic event, and/or increased communication skills give individuals more reasons to live. 4. High parental conflict is the reason for suicidal behavior.
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The mean scores of two groups participating in a study are exactly the same for a particular variable. This suggests that the:
a. average score is the same, but distribution of scores for each group are not known. b. distribution and range of scores will be similar. c. groups are definitely heterogeneous in relation to this variable. d. groups are very much alike in relation to the variable.
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a. deficient surfactant levels c. pronounced throm-bocytopenia b. inadequate thermal stimuli d. reduced capillary permeability