Which model of successful aging focuses on the assumption that late adulthood brings changes and losses in underlying capabilities that vary from person to person?
A. continuity theory
B. activity theory
C. selective optimization with compensation
D. compensational theory
Answer: C
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a. ?Ladd-Franklin b. ?Washburn c. ?Comte d. ?Friedline e. ?Dallenbach
Desensitization to violence means that
a. imitation of this undesirable violent behavior will occur. b. the removal of an inhibition to be violent has occurred. c. there was a reduction of emotional sensitivity to violence. d. there was an increase in emotional sympathy for the victims.
At the level of rods and cones, the ____ theory seems to fit best, while at the level of the bipolar cells, the ____ theory seems to fit best.
A. opponent process; volley B. volley; trichromatic C. opponent process; trichromatic D. trichromatic; opponent process
Prior to the age of six months, you could take a toy away from your infant and the baby would not protest. What Piagetian concept explains this observation?
a. object permanence c. concrete operations b. assimilation d. accommodation