Research with the elderly has found that depression is more likely in those individuals who

A. had poorer physical health.
B. live in group settings.
C. have fewer social contacts.
D. carried a lot of healthcare related debt.


Answer: C

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following best describes Hull’s view of reinforcement?

a. Reinforcement is culturally determined. b. Reinforcement is unrelated to learning in humans. c. Reinforcement has little effect on learning or performance. d. Reinforcement is related to the reduction of drives such as hunger or thirst.

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Six-week-old Elia learned that whenever she smiled her mother would smile back and sometimes would pick her up. Elia started to smile more often so that she could get her mother's attention. This illustrates

a. operation conditioning. c. operant conditioning. b. classical conditioning. d. reflex conditioning.

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Research suggests a __________ period during the second half of the first year, when babies are biologically prepared to "zero in" on socially meaningful perceptual differences

A) habituation B) sensitive C) critical D) recovery

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