Within the five-factor model of personality, older people tend to decrease in neuroticism and increase in agreeableness and conscientiousness. What is the likely rationale for older people effecting these changes?

a. to improve social function
b. to feel more happiness
c. to enhance physical health
d. to build emotional integrity

Answer: a. to improve social function

Psychology

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Which of the following is true regarding the effects of culture on the brain?

a. Bilingual people may use different parts of their brains for their two languages. b. Illiterate individuals tend to have more white matter in a part of the parietal cortex. c. Technological literacy cannot affect brain activity. d. The patterns of brain activity during mathematical processing are the same in all humans.

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