If you looked at MRI results of brain activity of younger and older adults while viewing positive images, you would expect that brain activity would be relatively ___________ for older adults in the area of the brain called the ____________
a. lower; amygdala
b. lower; prefrontal cortex
c. higher; amygdala
d. higher; prefrontal cortex
c
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A. Lois, a 65-year-old woman who is dissatisfied with her retirement income B. Benjamin, a 73-year-old man who is concerned over his recent weight gain C. Dulce, a 70-year-old woman who tells her hairdresser that she is lonely D. Betty, a 78-year-old woman who has just had a double knee replacement
When Jerry tells his parents he wants to be a rock musician, they offer to help him pay for guitar lessons as long as he keeps his grades up. Erikson would say that their response is an example of
A) permissive parenting. B) a psychosocial moratorium. C) identity foreclosure. D) positive working models.