A Positive Contribution of Reminiscence as a Coping Strategy in Later

question 59

Multiple Choice

A positive contribution of reminiscence as a coping strategy in later life is that it

• A) helps provide continuity between past and present.
• B) keeps one's focus on the past.
• C) allows a person to rehears the same difficult experiences time and again.
• D) creates a domain of crystallized intelligence.

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Definitions:

Personality Traits

Enduring characteristics and behaviors that define an individual's patterns of thought, feelings, and actions.

Factor-analytic Research

A statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors.

Apprehension

The feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.

Factor Analysis

A statistical approach for discovering the root variables, or factors, that are responsible for the observed correlation patterns among a set of variables.