Our Understanding of Health in Middle to Late Adulthood Is

question 92

Multiple Choice

Our understanding of health in middle to late adulthood is __________.

• A) limited by insufficient research on women and ethnic minorities
• B) mostly drawn from studies carried out on menopausal women
• C) based on information from studies carried out prior to World War II
• D) limited by insufficient research on North American men

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory in psychology originated by Sigmund Freud, which posits that human behavior is the result of interactions among the id, ego, and superego, within the context of sexual and aggressive drives.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the relatively rational part of the mind that balances the competing claims of the id, the superego, and reality.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the repository of the drives, the emotions, and the primitive, unconscious part of the mind that wants everything now.

Psychic Determinism

The assumption that everything psychological has a cause that is, in principle, identifiable.