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Sixty-year-old Irene has been a secretary for 30 years. Despite her advancing age, her typing skills remain excellent. This is in most part due to the fact that Irene continues to practice her typing every day. The Baltes' would suggest that the process of _____ is most responsible for Irene's continued high level of performance.
 
  a. selective
  b. optimization
  c. compensation
  d. stagnation

Question 2

Palliative care is best summarized as involving
 
  a. direct attempts to cure disease.
  b. meeting the physical, psychological, and social needs of someone with an incurable illness.
  c. hospitals but not hospices.
  d. recognizing that the dying and their family members are experts (i.e., they know what they want and need).


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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