According to disengagement theory, society
A) encourages older people to disengage from social settings to focus their energies on family members.
B) allows the old to withdraw by freeing them from employment and family responsibilities.
C) views seniors as incapable of benefiting from social engagement.
D) allows older adults to give up their preoccupation with their inner lives and focus on others.
B
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In studies with a group of individuals being tested in a series of treatment conditions, factors such as history, instrumentation, and maturation threaten ____
a. internal validity only b. external validity only c. both internal and external validity d. neither internal nor external validity
The final stage in Maslow's hierarchy of needs is:
safety and security. respect and esteem. self-actualization. physiological.
A psychologist hypothesizes that the children with type-K personality score higher than the children with type-R personality on an memory test. The estimated standard error turned out to be 0.9, while the mean score of type-K children was 18.8 and the mean score for type-R children was 21.3. What is the t score?
A. t = (18.8-21.3)/0.92 = -3.09 B. t = (18.8-21.3)(0.3) = 8.33 C. t = (18.8-21.3)/0.9 = -2.78 D. t = (18.8-21.3)/(2)(0.9) = -1.39