Describe three things you learned from this chapter about interacting with elderly people
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but may include application of issues about ageism, sensory
threshold problems, resistance, compensation, preventative measures, greater
problems with explicit memory than with implicit memory, and the life review.
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Babies can and do experience depression-like states and symptoms
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When dealing with a bereaved individual who is depressed or irritable, the typical pattern of response is that, early we
a. sympathize, and later, we grow weary. b. sympathize, and later, we become more attached to the bereaved. c. are unsympathetic, and later, become more attached to the bereaved. d. are unsympathetic, and later, we sympathize.
?In contrast to insomnia, narcolepsy is ____
a. ?not treated with drugs b. ?rare c. ?a true sleep disorder d. ?more common in older men
The brain's tendency to streamline our thinking processes by use of preexisting knowledge is referred to as
A) top-down processing. B) bottom-up processing. C) inductive reasoning. D) taxonomic construction.