What are the developmental concerns in middle adulthood?
What will be an ideal response?
(1) Redefining sex in marital or other long-term relationships: Sex may need to be redefined as more of an expression of intimacy and caring. Individuals may also need to decide how to deal with the possibility, reality, and meaning of extramarital or extrarelational sex. (2) Reevaluating one's sexuality: Single women and single men may need to weigh the costs and benefits of sex in casual or lightly committed relationships. (3) Accepting the biological aging process: As people age, their skin wrinkles, their waistline increases, their flesh sags, their hair turns gray (or falls out), their vision blurs-and they become, in the eyes of society, less attractive and less sexual. The challenge of aging is to come to terms with its biological changes and challenges.
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a. substance abuse problems b. schizophrenia c. depression d. antisocial personality disorder
According to Kalven and Zeisel's (1966) liberation hypothesis, jurors are most likely to consider extralegal evidence when the prosecution's evidence is
A. strong B. weak C. unusual D. unexpected
What is Step 4 In Latané & Darley's 5-Step Model of Helping?
A. interpret the event as an emergency B. take responsibility C. knowing how to help D. implementing the decision to help
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A. central route processing. B. compliance. C. prosocial behavior. D. stereotyping.