David has been a defense lawyer for 15 years. Now in his early 40s, he has volunteered his services to battered women in the community. According to Schaie, David's application of his cognitive skills reflects what stage of adult thinking?
a. acquisition
b. achieving
c. reintegrating
d. social responsibility
d
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Assessing the effectiveness or success rates of prevention programs for mental disorders indicates a trend of
a. nearly equal results applied to all categories. b. higher success in school adjustment, child maltreatment, and injuries. c. higher success in substance abuse and delinquency. d. lower success in school adjustment, child maltreatment, and injuries.
Mary arrives home to find her son washing the dirty dishes left from his party the night before. When she discovers his first-semester grade report on the table and sees that he got straight A's,
Mary rewards him by relieving him of the unpleasant task of finishing the dishes. Which operant process does the example illustrate? a. positive reinforcement b. negative reinforcement c. extinction d. punishment
In Yates and colleagues' study of weight lifters, those who took anabolic steroids were
a. more aggressive and hostile. b. more successful. c. more competitive. d. more likely to lose competitions. e. more emotionally sensitive.
The term ________ refers to the emergence of a trait, characteristic, or behavior over the course of development
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.