Which statement concerning self-esteem development is true?
a. Most older adults suffer from a poor sense of self-image.
b. Older individuals may retain a high sense of self-image by reducing the ideal-real self gap.
c. The average level of self-esteem at age 60 is half of that at age 16.
d. Males show higher levels of self-esteem across all developmental age levels.
b
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a. Reinforcing the probability of certain responses b. Understanding the relationship between an action and its outcome c. The growth of connections between one brain area and another d. Increasing the activity at synapses using the transmitters glutamate and dopamine
______ occurs when one of the coronary arteries becomes blocked by a blood clot and part of the heart is starved of oxygen. It usually causes severe chest pain.
A. Rheumatic heart disease B. Cardiomyopathy C. Myocardial infarction D. Aortic aneurisms
When individuals compensate for declines in cognitive reserve or energy by narrowing their goals and selecting activities that will permit them to maximize their strengths and existing capacities, they are engaging in ______.
A. hypothetical-deductive reasoning B. redirected cognitive functioning C. selective optimization with compensation D. proactive interference
A(n) _____________ is an ethics review panel established by a publicly funded institution to evaluate all proposed research by that institution
a. psychological review consortium b. institutional review board c. research ethics panel d. human considerations committee