After Monitoring the Moods of 184 People (Age 18 and Up)

question 70

Multiple Choice

After monitoring the moods of 184 people (age 18 and up) for one week, what did Carstensen, Pasupathi, Mayr, and Nesselroade (2000) discover about their older research participants?

• A) Older participants feared the negative events.
• B) Older participants ignored the positive events.
• C) Older participants focused on the negative events.
• D) Older participants savored the positive events.

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