Betty just celebrated her fiftieth birthday. She celebrated by taking hang-gliding lessons and purchasing a more mature wardrobe. According to Levinson, Betty is engaged in which of the following developmental tasks?
A) young–old
B) destruction–creation
C) masculinity–femininity
D) engagement–separateness
A
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The major problem with the Kübler-Ross model of dying is that
a. there are specific stages, but she had them in the incorrect order. b. the dying process is simply not stage-like. c. there appears to be several missing stages in the process. d. the emotional responses she describes don't typically occur.
Compared with 1950, ____ of today's older adults are below the federal poverty line
a. significantly more b. about the same percent c. slightly fewer d. significantly fewer
Immature behavior during adolescence might be physiologically predictable because ______.
A. myelination is not complete until that time, especially in the prefrontal cortex B. circuit pruning is not complete until that time; thus there are competing impulses C. many neurotransmitters are not produced until after hormonal changes that occur during adolescence D. the Robo3 gene remains inactive until early adolescence
Given the characteristics of small-molecule transmitters and neuropeptides, we can conclude that small-molecule transmitters a. are well-suited to roles as neurotransmitters, whereas neuropeptides are well-suited to roles as neuromodulators. b. are well-suited to roles as neuromodulators, whereas neuropeptides are well-suited to roles as neurotransmitters. c. and neuropeptides are equally
well-suited to be either neurotransmitters or neuromodulators. d. and neuropeptides frequently act as neuromodulators and neurohormones, but rarely function as neurotransmitters.