Alcohol use poses particular hazards for aging people because
A) declining hormones make alcohol harder to digest.
B) alcohol's empty calories cause rapid weight gain.
C) elderly people who drink are often victims of crime.
D) loss of lean body mass decreases the body's ability to metabolize alcohol.
D
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The concept that older children have greater capabilities than younger children is referred to as
a. general mental ability. b. intelligence. c. Spearman's g. d. the principle of age differentiation.
Mental illness results primarily from ____
a. genetic factors b. environmental factors c. sociocultural factors d. an interaction of many factors
The winning numbers in the local lottery are announced every Wednesday, right after the local news broadcast. Based on what is known about schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that people who are listening for the lottery numbers will have their listening reinforced based on a:
a. fixed-interval schedule b. fixed-ratio schedule c. variable-ratio schedule d. variable-interval schedule
The purpose of the myelin that surrounds the axon is to
a. keep nerve cells continually active. b. help electrical currents cross the synapse completely. c. repair neurons within the peripheral nervous system. d. speed the transmission of an impulse down the axon.