A Result That Is Significant at the

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Multiple Choice

A result that is significant at the .05 level indicates that:

• A) the result was obtained purely by chance and is not real.
• B) the probability that the result is due to real differences between groups is .05.
• C) there is a positive relationship between variables.
• D) the probability that the result occurred by chance is low, and therefore the result is probably real.

Explore the evolving identity and roles of middle-aged adults, especially women, in developed nations.

Understand the factors affecting job satisfaction and work engagement in middle adulthood.

Identify the development and assessment of personality traits from young adulthood through late adulthood, with a focus on the "big five" model and specific thematic assessments.

Recognize the implications of involuntary unemployment on different age groups and its effects on well-being.

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Definitions:

Habituation Paradigm

A research technique that takes advantage of a baby’s tendency to orient to new stimulation and to habituate to repeated or old stimulation. Once an infant habituates to one stimulus a new stimulus can be presented. The baby’s reorienting to the new stimulus (or failure to do so) reveals whether or not she perceives or notices the differences between the stimuli.

Sensorimotor Period

A stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, from birth to about 2 years of age, where infants learn about the world through their sensory and motor interactions.

Zone Of Proximal Development

A concept in education and psychology referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.