What 1970's legislation was passed that significantly affects the elderly?
a) increase in social security stipends
b) increases in taxes on social security payments
c) mandatory retirement in almost every profession was made illegal
d) the age at which people can begin receiving social security was increased to 65
c
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a. moderate b. only low c. only high d. low and high
According to the textbook, Black individuals who believe that the public has low regard for their ethnic group typically:
A. are more sensitive to racial cues. B. are less sensitive to racial cues. C. have low private regard. D. have high private regard.
With regard to the issue of false memory, the text emphasizes that _____________
a. memory is like a camera b. memories recovered during a psychotherapy session can always be trusted to be free of bias and factual c. memory is not like a camera; it is reconstructive d. scientists do have the tools to distinguish between real and false memories