What do we know about formal operations?
a. The concept was proposed by Erikson.
b. Most people reach this stage by age 7 or 8.
c. Some people never reach this stage.
d. None of these
c. Some people never reach this stage. (Piaget does point out that starting at age 12 till the beginning of adulthood some people may never reach this stage of cognitive development.)
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a) academic review b) secondary appraisal c) primary appraisal d) time management skills
Women who start out in mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences are more than __________ as likely as men to drop out
a) three times b) four times c) twice d) five times
Which of the following is true of changes in sensory functioning in late adulthood?
People in young-old age are at significant risk for visual dysfunction from cataracts and glaucoma. Visual acuity loss can be prevented by corrective lenses for adults between 65 and 74 years. For adults between 65 and 74 years, there is less susceptibility to masking of what is heard by noise. For adults who are 75 years and older, there is a significant loss of hearing at high and middle frequencies.
Korsakoff’s patients best remember a list of short sentences by ____.
a. reading and rereading them
b. testing themselves on each sentence before going on to the next
c. creating an elaborate story integrating the content of the sentences
d. relating each sentence to a past personal experience