Older Adults Who Are High in __________ Tend to Cope

question 60

Multiple Choice

Older adults who are high in __________ tend to cope poorly with stressful events and are at risk for health problems.

• A) neuroticism
• B) agreeableness
• C) extroversion
• D) openness to experience

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Definitions:

Behavior Consequences

Refers to the outcomes or results that follow an individual's behavior, which can influence future behaviors through reinforcement or punishment.

Counterconditioning

Behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors; include exposure therapies and aversive conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique involving replacing an unwanted response to a stimulus with a desired response.