What Explains the Phenomenon of "Aging in Place" in Rural

question 15

Multiple Choice

What explains the phenomenon of "aging in place" in rural areas?

• A) the lack of social services available for the elderly in rural communities
• B) strong social networks that care for the elderly within rural communities
• C) a decline in the population of rural areas,particularly among the young
• D) the lack of job opportunities for young adults,which leaves them living with parents well into adulthood

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from traumatic events or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression.

Contingency Blocking

A phenomenon in classical conditioning where a subject learns to associate a particular stimulus with an outcome, blocking the learning of an association with a new stimulus presented at the same time.

Response Generalization

The process by which a learned response is applied to similar stimuli beyond the original conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

an originally neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.