According to the article Termination of the Termites about personality and longevity, the explanatory style which was found to make a difference in the length or lifespan was:

When he developed his intelligence tests, Wechsler's goal was to avoid all of the following

EXCEPT a. limiting the test to a single performance index. b. basing the test on verbal content only. c. allowing cultural bias to be present in the test. d. allowing linguistic bias to be present in the test. e. providing a valid deviation IQ score.

The singer, Lionel Ritchie, explained in an interview that he could no longer reach the high notes the way he used to when he was younger. The way he handled this was

to encourage the crowd to sing along when he got to the parts of songs that are most challenging. Baltes and Baltes (1990) would refer to this as: a. disequilibrium b.selective optimization with compensation c. tribalization d. disengagement