How Do Men and Women Compare in Their Physical Health

question 87

Multiple Choice

How do men and women compare in their physical health after age 85?

• A) Women have fewer health problems overall.
• B) Men have more non-life-threatening disabling conditions.
• C) Women are better able to remain independent and engage in society.
• D) Men are less likely to be impaired because only the sturdiest have survived.

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Definitions:

Passive

Characterized by inaction or lack of active response, often allowing others to take control or make decisions.

UCS

Stands for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that automatically triggers a reflexive response without any learning needed.

CS

is an abbreviation that can stand for conditional stimulus in behavioral psychology, representing a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.