As part of a new interdisciplinary perspective on aging, how is usual aging defined?
a. Low risk for various diseases
b. A psychohistorical approach to aging
c. Functioning well but at a high risk for disease or disability d. The lack of introspection
c
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The high rate of alcoholism among Korean men is attributable to:
A. genetic factors B. cultural pressure to drink heavily in some social situations C. lack of an liver enzyme involved in metabolizing alcohol D. stress of living in an industrialized country
Toward the end of the 14th century and continuing into the 15th, the causes of "madness" were generally attributed to a. toxins in the blood
b. religious delusions. c. brain disease. d. demons and witches.
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the relationship of the amount of sleep that an individual receives as a function of age?
A) We require more sleep as we age. B) As we age, we tend to need less sleep. C) We require much sleep during infancy and early childhood, less sleep in adolescence and early adulthood, and then more sleep in middle and older age. D) The amount of sleep we require does not follow a consistent pattern as we age.
The ethnic identity search identified by Phinney might be analogous to which of the following?
A) The transition to formal operational thought identified by Piaget B) The crisis process described in Marcia's theory of identity development C) Selman's description of the development of social relationships D) The identity versus role confusion stage identified by Erikson