What Was Neurasthenia

question 47

Multiple Choice

What was neurasthenia?

• A) an illness caused by the sudden spread of sugary foods and beverages, which greatly increased the caution the public displayed toward the rise of consumerism
• B) a widespread post-traumatic stress disorder that affected soldiers who had fought in and experienced the horrors of the Civil War
• C) a resistant strain of cholera that grew into an epidemic due to the terrible, unsanitary conditions of tenements in cities during the Gilded Age
• D) a crippling malady miners faced due to exposure to unclean air that led the federal government to pass sweeping legislation guaranteeing the health of workers
• E) a condition with symptoms such as hysteria and depression, often diagnosed by male physicians to force women back into the cult of domesticity

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Definitions:

Later Adulthood

A stage of human development typically referring to individuals aged 65 and over, often characterized by retirement, physical aging, and significant life reflection.

Crystallized Cognitive Ability

Refers to the ability to use learned knowledge and experience.

Crystallized Cognitive Ability

The ability to utilize acquired knowledge and experience effectively.

Intellectual Ability

involves the capacity to perform mental activities such as reasoning, problem-solving, and abstract thinking.