Identify and explain the components of successful aging
What will be an ideal response?
health: good health must be maintained through middle and late adulthood; mental activity: engaging in cognitively stimulating activities and hobbies; social engagement: remaining socially active is critical and engaging in activities that help others is especially important; productivity: volunteer activities that engage retired adults in productive pursuits; life satisfaction: learning how to adjust expectations such that life satisfaction remains high
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a. Disorganized speech and thought b. Paranoid delusions c. Olfactory hallucinations d. Auditory hallucinations
Which of the following is true of the first asylums for the mentally ill?
a. Patients were used as "guinea pigs" for new and risky medical experiments. b. Residents were offered meaningful work as therapy. c. Asylum inmates frequently performed in plays for the public. d. They often were homes for beggars as well as the mentally disturbed.