Research on Successful Aging Has Found

question 180

Multiple Choice

Research on successful aging has found

• A) more support for activity theory.
• B) more support for disengagement theory.
• C) little support for either activity or disengagement theory.
• D) identical levels of support for activity and disengagement theory.

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Definitions:

Hypnagogic Sensations

Experiences that occur at the onset of sleep, characterized by vivid sensory phenomena such as seeing shapes, hearing noises, or feeling as if falling.

Sleep Spindles

Sudden bursts of oscillatory brain activity visible on an EEG that occur during stage 2 of NREM sleep, associated with memory consolidation and synaptic plasticity.

Delta Waves

Slow brain waves observed in the deepest stages of sleep, associated with healing and regeneration.

Sleep Spindles

Sudden bursts of oscillatory brain activity visible on an EEG that occur during stage 2 of sleep, associated with learning, memory consolidation, and synaptic plasticity.