Alice is a 52-year-old typist working in the same law firm as 28-year-old juliet. both are considered excellent at their job, even though alice is older and has some delay in her reaction time.

what is it that permits alice to perform her job the same as juliet?

a) alice is given less arduous work to complete, while juliet receives more challenging assignments.
b) juliet lacks experience and understanding of the complex material.
c) alice has developed selective optimization and uses a dictation program to make up for her slower typing time.
d) alice has greater verbal skills development than juliet.

Parliament passed several acts to britain meet its war debts. determine whether the following descriptions apply to the stamp act or the sugar act- passed by parliament in 1764- passed by parliament in 1765- enforced payment of taxes on foreign molasses- taxed all types of printed materialsstamp act: sugar act:

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.

Commercial agriculture consists of raising food for trade and profit, while subsistence agriculture focuses on -- a. providing the basic needs of the farmer's family b. providing the basic needs of the neighboring communities c. creating more arable land for future use d. obtaining subsidies from governments and corporations