What is the age-related pattern of acute and chronic diseases over adulthood?
a. Acute illness declines with age, while chronic illness increases.
b. Chronic illness declines with age, while acute illness increases.
c. Both chronic and acute illness increase with age.
d. Both chronic and acute illness decline with age.
a
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Ernesto is a Mexican American father who has nontraditional ideas about gender roles. He is playing with his daughter, using a toy stove and toy food. Based on the discussion in Chapter 3, you would expect to see that
a. Ernesto would try to guide his daughter toward a game with which he feels more comfortable. b. Ernesto would interact passively with his daughter, only talking when she asks him questions. c. Ernesto would ask good questions and actively play with his daughter. d. Ernesto would play the role of a father who is being served a meal, but he would not participate in cooking.
Providing intensive short-term help to assist potential suicide victims in resolving a life crisis is the aim of ____
a. traditional therapy b. crisis intervention c. systematic desensitization d. insight psychotherapy
The unequal concentrations of potassium, sodium and chloride in the nervous system are partially maintained by:
a. chloride/protein pumps within individual neurons b. sodium/potassium pumps within individual neurons c. the neurotransmitters within the nervous system d. synaptic depolarization
During which stage do children begin making plans and showing inventiveness in their behaviors?
a) basic trust vs. mistrust b) intimacy vs. isolation c) generativity vs. stagnation d) initiative vs. guilt