Cognitive Theorists View People as Implicit Scientists Who Try to Predict

question 42

True/False

Cognitive theorists view people as implicit scientists who try to predict the world

Identify the risks and psychological impacts of living arrangements on older adults.

Understand the primary support systems for older adults in times of need.

Appreciate the typical attitudes towards and realities of sexuality in older adulthood.

Identify the types and effects of elder maltreatment.

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Definitions:

Plasticity

The capacity of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience, learning, or injury.

Brain

The complex organ located in the skull of vertebrates that is the center of the nervous system, responsible for controlling thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates our body.

Adapt

To make suitable adjustments to new conditions or environments.

Action Potential

A temporary reversal of an electrical charge across a cell membrane resulting in the transmission of a nerve impulse.