Which term refers to the physical or psychological mistreatment or neglect of elderly individuals?

A. elder ignorance
B. ageism
C. elder abuse
D. age discrimination


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. They overgeneralized their findings. b. They abandoned the scientific method. c. They diluted their efforts by diverging into several psychological specializations. d. They tried to establish theories without a large body of experimental data.

Psychology

Research on alcohol consumption and attitudes toward drink driving has revealed that ______.

a. drunk participants express stronger attitudes b. drunk participants express less negative attitudes, but only when the question did not contain a contingent cue c. drunk participants express less negative attitudes, but only when the question contained a contingent cue d. drunk participants were less resistant to appeals against the dangers of drink driving

Psychology

A person's moral center is called her or his __________.

A. self-esteem B. true self C. spiritual self D. self-concept

Psychology

The downregulation of protein RbAp48 in humans and mice resulted in ______.

A. improved working memory B. dysfunction of dentate gyrus C. spontaneous lesions in basal forebrain D. more efficient consolidation

Psychology