You are interested in assessing the effects of biological aging, yet cannot afford the technology
to do so. What would represent your next, viable strategy?
A) Poll adults on their health history.
B) Assess blood pressure, grip strength, simple motor functioning, and respiration rate.
C) Use an inexpensive Magnetic Resonance Imaging technique.
D) Ask physicians to conduct full physical examinations on your participants.
B
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Which statement appears to be true?
a. The stress caused by positive events can be as long-lasting as the stress caused by negative events. b. People can experience positive and negative emotions simultaneously. c. A positive major life event usually offsets the stress that is caused by several negative micro stressors. d. Negative events produce more antibodies than do positive events.
When compared with socioeconomically similar monolinguals, bilingual children
a. fail to achieve normal fluency in either language. b. achieve normal levels of fluency and also gain some cognitive advantages. c. begin a slow but inevitable decline into retardation. d. suffer no cognitive deficits, but language learning is slower.
An example of a valuational task for bereaved persons is
a. paying the funeral bills b. striving to make sense out of the loss c. selecting the cemetery plot d. writing a condolence letter e. expressing strong feelings
Which part of the brain controls the pituitary gland?
A) hypothalamus B) hippocampus C) amygdala D) diencephalon