According to Erikson, the term wisdomrefers to

A. an inability to resolve past events and to acknowledge the despair about these events
B. the positive resolutions of all previous psychosocial crises.
C. an arrogance that one's opinion about life and death is superior to others' opinions.
D. a desire to learn and communicate essential lessons about life in the face of death.


Answer: D

Psychology

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FIll in the blank with correct word.

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Researchers investigating the effects of expert testimony on jurors' decisions have generally found that

A. jurors evaluated the testimony of the experts based on the expert's qualifications, the quality of the expert's reasoning and the expert's impartiality. B. an expert's personality significantly affects decisions. C. an expert's appearance significantly affects decisions. D. the most important part of the expert's presentation is information regarding the expert's qualifications.

Psychology

The reinforcement of successive approximations of a final, desired response is known as ____

a. shaping c. differentiation b. intervention d. conditioning

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According to the chapter You're Driving Me Crazy, When a study is done over in part or

completely it is called ____________. (a) a time trial (b) a blind study (c) a replication (d)a correlational study

Psychology