Which of the Following Conditions Is the Most Common in the Older

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conditions is the most common in the older adult population?

• A) Depression
• B) Alzheimer's disease
• C) Sexually transmitted infections
• D) Cardiovascular disease

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are kept out of conscious awareness.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory introduced by Sigmund Freud, which suggests that a child has unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.