Collins Et Al

question 17

Multiple Choice

Collins et al.compared the interpersonal problem solving solutions of Australian women ages 65 to 90 who either lived in the Adelaide community or in a group nursing hostel in the same area.The women were asked to solve problems that occurred either in a community context or in a nursing hostel context.Which of the following describes what Collins et al.found?

• A)Study participants offered the best solutions for problems that occurred in the same context in which they lived.
• B)The quality of problem solutions was negatively associated with study participants' chronological age.
• C)The nursing hostel residents gave more relativistic solutions compared to the community-living residents.
• D)All of the above were found.

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