Which of the Following Statements About Aging and Psychological Health

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about aging and psychological health is/are true?

• A) The psychological health of women tends to worsen as they age.
• B) The gender gap in depression increases with age as women become more depressed and men become less depressed.
• C) Older women show fewer negative emotions, greater well-being, and more emotional control than younger women.
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Signal-Detection

The theory and method of differentiating between information-bearing patterns and random patterns that distract from the information.

Fechner's Law

A principle describing the logarithmic relationship between stimulus magnitude and perceptual intensity, suggesting that sensation increases as the logarithm of the stimulus intensity.

Weber's Law

A principle stating that the smallest perceptible change in a stimulus, or the just noticeable difference, is a constant proportion of the original stimulus.

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensory receptors become less sensitive to constant stimuli over time, reducing our awareness of them.