​All of the Following Statements Are True About Older Adults

question 52

Multiple Choice

​All of the following statements are true about older adults except that:

• A) ​​throughout time, some tribal societies have abandoned their enfeebled older adults, leaving them to die.
• B) ​like other minority groups, older adults are subject to job discrimination.
• C) ​older adults are conservative, inflexible, and resistant to change.

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Definitions:

Romantic Love

A deep emotional, sexual, and affectional attraction that is often rooted in desire and leads to a sense of connection and commitment to another person.

Consummate Love

An ideal relationship state characterized by the combination of intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Fatuous Love

A type of love characterized by passion and commitment but lacking in intimacy, according to Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love.

Empty Love

In psychology, this term refers to a type of relationship characterized by the existence of commitment, yet devoid of intimacy and passion.