Ryff found that for many older adults, age-related declines are offset by all of the following EXCEPT
a. a better understanding of how the world works.
b. financial stability.
c. greater mastery of life's demands.
d. positive relationships with others.
ANSWER: b
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a. autonomy. b. a fellowship with humanity. c. peak experiences. d. task centering approach.
_____ is a phenomenon in which researchers' hypotheses lead them to unintentionally bias the outcome of a study
A) Durability bias B) Experimenter expectancy effect C) Availability heuristic D) Confounding variable
Youare a prosecutorandarepreparingforanupcomingtrial.Thisis a caseofarson,andthedefendantis accused ofsettingfireto a barn,causingittoburntotheground. Initially, you charged the defendant with attempted murder, since there was reason to believe the barn might have been occupied at the time. In reality, you knew that you would not be able to prove this charge in court. You thought that adding this serious charge might lead the defendant to plead guilty to the arson charge if you agreed to drop the attempted murder charge. This arrangement would be a:
A. summary judgment. B. "harmless error." C. Brady motion. D. plea bargain.
In his studies of college students' perception of line length, Asch showed that
a. the task distorted visual perception. b. the task distorted auditory perception. c. produced cognitive dissonance. d. established new norms. e. the majority of the participants conformed with the confederates' responses.