In Describing Their Lives,the Large Majority of Middle-Aged People Report

question 85

Multiple Choice

In describing their lives,the large majority of middle-aged people report __________.

• A) only positive life events
• B) crisis and major restricting in midlife
• C) continuity with little or no change
• D) troubling times that prompt new goals

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Definitions:

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Incidents involving one or more vehicles that result in property damage, injury, or death.

Heart Attack

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, pioneered by B.F. Skinner.

Contingency Management

A therapeutic intervention that uses reward and punishment to encourage desirable behaviors and discourage unwanted ones.