What Has Research Consistently Found About the Needs of Older

question 63

Multiple Choice

What has research consistently found about the needs of older people for friends as compared to people in younger generations?

• A) Older people have a greater need than younger people for friends, but only when they are unmarried. When they have a spouse, their need for friends is negligible.
• B) Older people have less need for friends than younger people
• C) Older people have a greater need for friends than younger people.
• D) Older people have the same need for friends as younger people.

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Definitions:

Freudian Concept

Psychological theories and concepts developed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on the unconscious mind, psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic term coined by Carl Jung, referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Same Sex Parent

Same Sex Parent refers to a parenting arrangement where a child is raised by two parents of the same gender.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory referring to a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent, thought to be a critical stage in the psychosexual development of the child.