David and Susan Have Been Married for 20 Years

question 57

Multiple Choice

David and Susan have been married for 20 years. Both are less interested in sex than they were at the beginning of their marriage, and their sexual frequency has declined over this period of time. David and Susan's circumstances reflect what the text refers to as

• A) habituation.
• B) intensification.
• C) deterioration.
• D) solidification.

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Definitions:

Conservation

The understanding that certain properties of an object or substance do not change when its appearance is altered in some superficial way, essential in cognitive development according to Piaget.

Accommodation

In psychology, it refers to the process by which individuals adjust their schemas or understandings in response to new information.

Sequential Stages

Sequential stages refer to a series of steps or phases that occur in a specific, ordered progression.

Intellectual Development

The growth and change in a person's intellectual capacities, such as thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and understanding, throughout the lifespan.