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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

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Manush is a recent graduate from a prestigious university in California who is looking for a job opportunity as a real estate agent.  While he already has samples provided by his friends, he still feels something lacking in his resume.  Specifically, the he believes that his professional objective statement lacks focus and clarity. 

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“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

Manush’s story shows the importance of using powerful keywords to his resume in landing the job he wanted.

Chapter 15, 16, 17, and 18 Final Exam

Navigation   » List of Schools  »  Los Angeles Mission College  »  Psychology  »  Psychology 041 – Lifespan Psychology  »  Fall 2020  »  Chapter 15, 16, 17, and 18 Final Exam

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #2
A  Availability of self-employment
B  Affordability of retirement
C  Which leisure activities to pursue
D  Availability of a bridge job
Question #3
A  smaller; emotional abuse
B  greater; elder abuse of all kinds
C  smaller; physical abuse
D  smaller; neglect
Question #4
A  Sexual abuse, financial abuse, and physical abuse
B  Physical neglect, sexual abuse, and financial abuse
C  Financial abuse, emotional abuse, and physical neglect
D  Physical abuse, sexual abuse, and physical neglect
Question #7
A  encourages older people to disengage from social settings to focus their energies on family members.
B  allows older adults to give up their preoccupation with their inner lives and focus on others.
C  allows the old to withdraw by freeing them from employment and family responsibilities.
D  views seniors as incapable of benefiting from social engagement.
Question #8
A  family ties are often strained and unfulfilling.
B  there are few other community resources available to them.
C  churches are an important source of financial support for African-American seniors.
D  African-American seniors look to religion as a powerful resource for social support beyond the family.
Question #9
A  Contrary to popular belief, U.S. seniors generally become less religious with age.
B  The late-life increase in religiosity is universal.
C  Spirituality may advance to a higher level—away from prescribed beliefs.
D  Older adults typically attach little value to religious beliefs and behaviors.
Question #11
A  life regrets.
B  like something is missing.
C  proud, but incomplete.
D  satisfied with their achievements.
Question #13
A  Having Down syndrome
B  Taking folic acid
C  Having a higher education
D  Taking ginko biloba
Question #14
A  Huntington’s disease.
B  Alzheimer’s disease.
C  Parkinson’s disease.
D  had a stroke.
Question #15
A  Weight-bearing exercise promotes muscle size and strength, even if begun as late as age 90.
B  “Taking it easy” is the best treatment for many chronic diseases.
C  Good nutrition and physical activity are only beneficial when they are lifelong habits.
D  Brain scans show that physically fit older people experience more tissue loss in the cerebral cortex.
Question #18
A  instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
B  activities of daily living (ADLs).
C  secondary activities of active functioning (SAAFs).
D  primary activities of active functioning (PAAFs).
Question #19
A  Some scientists say that 122 years is the upper bound of human longevity, while others say that it can be extended.
B  Scientists agree that it is more important to extend the maximum lifespan than the average healthy life expectancy.
C  In the United States, the maximum lifespan for women is 81 years and for men is 76 years.
D  The longest-lived person, whose age could be documented, was a woman who lived to 112 years.
Question #20
A  efficiently functioning immune systems.
B  little or no history of community involvement.
C  highly pessimistic personalities.
D  brain pathology, atherosclerosis, or immune-deficiency disorders.
Question #21
A  When researchers estimate average healthy life expectancy, the United States ranks first among industrialized nations.
B  Length and quality of life can be predicted by a country’s health care, housing, and social services, along with lifestyle factors.
C  The gender gap in life expectancy has widened in industrialized nations since the early 1970s.
D  In the United States, an African-American child born in 2010 is likely to live 3 to 6 years longer than a Caucasian child.
Question #22
A  Brendan has more friends than he did in early adulthood.
B  Both Janet and Brendan have become more selective about their friendships.
C  Brendan’s friends protect him against serious threats and losses.
D  Janet has more friends than she did in early adulthood.
Question #23
A  Employed men spend an average of 10 to 20 hours per week caring for parents or parents-in-law.
B  Nearly one-fourth of American working women are caregivers; others quit their jobs to provide care.
C  In all ethnic groups, responsibility for providing care to aging parents falls more on sons than on daughters.
D  Sons feel more obligated than daughters to care for their aging parents.
Question #24
A  The U.S. divorce rate is lowest during midlife.
B  The divorce rate of U.S. 50- to 65-year-olds has fallen over the past 20 years.
C  Because adults in midlife are psychologically more stable, marital satisfaction is less relevant.
D  Midlifers seem to adapt to divorce more easily than younger people.
Question #25
A  talkative, passive, sober, passionate, and conservative.
B  negligent, lazy, disorganized, late, aimless, and nonpersistent.
C  ruthless, suspicious, stingy, critical, and irritable.
D  calm, even-tempered, self-content, unemotional, and hardy.
Question #26
A  agreeableness.
B  conscientiousness.
C  neuroticism.
D  openness to experience.
Question #27
A  worrying, temperamental, self-pitying, and vulnerable.
B  affectionate, talkative, active, and passionate.
C  imaginative, creative, original, curious, and liberal.
D  soft-hearted, trusting, generous, and good-natured.
Question #29
A  being perceived as wise by younger people
B  lowered expectations for family and friends
C  professional and financial stability
D  greater confidence in handling life’s problems
Question #30
A  Barbara, who spends little time with her grown children
B  Jonathan, who volunteers at a teen crisis center
C  Allison, who is a mentor in her workplace
D  James, who volunteers at a local children’s theater
Question #31
A  Martin volunteers at the YMCA as a basketball coach for the youth program.
B  Martin works out at the gym three evenings a week and runs every night.
C  Martin attends worship services two times per week and participates in a Bible study group.
D  Martin participates in community theater and starred in a local production of Guys and Dolls.
Question #32
A  single men.
B  high-SES men and women.
C  single women.
D  married women with nonsupportive partners.
Question #33
A  The ability to switch between mental operations
B  Inhibition
C  General factual knowledge
D  Retrieval from long-term memory
Question #34
A  resilience.
B  hardiness.
C  a Type A behavior pattern.
D  a Type B behavior pattern.
Question #35
A  Regular exercise equips adults to handle stress more effectively.
B  Nearly 40 percent of U.S. middle-aged adults are sedentary.
C  Overweight adults are more likely than normal-weight adults to stick to group classes.
D  An important outcome of starting an exercise program is weight loss.
Question #36
A  holistic
B  emotion-centered
C  relaxation-centered
D  problem-centered
Question #38
A  productivity
B  competitiveness
C  ambition
D  hostility
Question #39
A  Colon cancer is the leading killer of men.
B  Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy for men.
C  Survival rates are relatively high for pancreatic cancer.
D  Annual medical exams do little to reduce cancer death rates.
Question #40
A  die from the disease.
B  have had two or more children.
C  do not have a family history.
D  do not live past age 75.
Question #41
A  is the most common cause of cancer deaths in both genders, worldwide.
B  rates have dropped in women over the past two decades.
C  is the leading malignancy for both genders.
D  rates have just begun to decrease in men after a long period of increase.
Question #42
A  triples.
B  quadruples.
C  multiplies tenfold.
D  multiplies sixfold.
Question #43
A  cancer; cardiovascular disease
B  falls; motor vehicle collisions
C  motor vehicle collisions; cancer
D  falls; cardiovascular disease
Question #44
A  Testosterone production increases
B  Blood flow to the penis increases
C  Testosterone production declines
D  Motility of sperm increases
Question #46
A  Lisa, who has not borne children
B  Mei Wu, who has borne three children
C  Maryann, who has borne five children
D  Yessica, who has borne one child
Question #48
A  engage in endurance training that focuses on raising heart rate.
B  engage in weight-bearing exercise that includes resistance training.
C  gradually add more carbohydrates and fat to their diet.
D  gradually increase their caloric intake.
Question #49
A  a noticeable hearing loss at high frequencies.
B  a buildup of pressure within the eye.
C  wrinkling and loosening of the skin.
D  an “age spot.”
Question #50
A  the vitreous has developed opaque areas, reducing light to the retina.
B  the size of his pupil has shrunk and the lens has yellowed.
C  his vision is more disputed by bright light sources, such as headlights.
D  the lens has lost its capacity to adjust to objects at varying distances entirely.