People tend to have the most friends and acquaintances during which time period?
a. adolescence
b. middle age
c. young adulthood
d. old age
Giving events personal meaning and continuity, and in effect creating an autobiography,
is the definition of Whitbourne’s concept of a
a. life-span construct.
b. life story.
c. perspective hypothesis.
d. scenario.
The condition of urinary incontinence in older adults
a. is found in more than 90% of the population.
b. can often be treated through behavioral methods.
c. is the result of an increase in stress.
d. can be treated successfully with growth hormones.
Deciding whether a particular event is irrelevant, positive, or stressful occurs during
a. primary appraisal.
b. secondary appraisal.
c. coping.
d. reappraisal.
Annual prostate screenings are recommended for men beginning at age
a. 25.
b. 45.
c. 50.
d. 65.
Computing the average longevity of people currently 50-years-old
a. includes all people born in that particular year 50-years-ago.
b. results in the same estimate of longevity as that calculated from birth.
c. does not include anyone who was born in the same year but died before age 50.
d. is not mathematically possible.
Which of the following is not one of the parallel levels of personality and function as
defined by McAdams (1999)?
a. dispositional traits
b. life narrative
c. self-concept
d. personal concerns
Understanding the cultural and ethnic differences between African American and
European American family structures falls under which controversy?
a. nature-nurture
b. continuity-discontinuity
c. stability-change
d. universal versus context-specific
Dismissing an older person’s account of their physical aches and pains by saying “What
do you expect for someone your age?” is a form of
a. ageism.
b. gerontology.
c. life-span perspective.
d. age effects.
One approach to alleviating the estrogen-related symptoms women experience in later
life is to use menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). This involves
a. taking high doses of testosterone.
b. taking low doses of estrogen, sometimes combined with progestin.
c. a strict nutrition and exercise regimen.
d. surgery.
Which of the following is not an official criteria for determining whole-brain death?
a. no spontaneous movement
b. no spontaneous respirations
c. no motor reflexes
d. stable body temperature for 24 hours
_______are the intellectual abilities most likely to decline with age.
a. The primary mental abilities that compose crystallized intelligence
b. The primary mental abilities that compose fluid intelligence
c. The ability to classify objects into groups and to mentally reverse actions
d. Metamemory and memory monitoring
In a_____design, groups of participants who vary in age are studied at one point in
time.
a. cross-sectional
b. longitudinal
c. cross-sequential
d. longitudinal-sequential
Reasoning about highly emotionally charged dilemmas
a. is easier for young adults.
b. is easier for older adults.
c. is easier for adolescents.
d. is easier for middle-aged adults.
In the United States, people over the age of______are legally protected against age
discrimination.
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 70
Residents generally pay the cost of care in assisted-living facilities. This cost ranged
from in 2012.
a. $5,000 to $10,000 per year
b. $25,000 to $50,000 per year
c. $75,000 to $100,000 per year
d. $100,000 to $150,000 per year
Because it remains relatively unimpaired,_______ may have an enhancement effect
on_______for older adults.
a. implicit; explicit
b. semantic memory; episodic memory
c. sensory memory; working memory
d. encoding; retrieval
The more complex version (the six-factor version) of the Social Cognitive Career
Theory includes which two additional variables?
a. aptitude and achievement
b. income and education
c. supports and barriers
d. talents and skills
Generational differences are apparent when people make social judgments. For
example, when considering the social rule “you can’t stop true love,” results from a
research study showed a__________ relationship.
a. X-shaped
b. U-shaped
c. Y-shaped
d. random
Most gay and lesbian couples are in dual-earner relationships and share
a. household tasks.
b. children.
c. similar demographic characteristics such as race, age, and education.
d. financial responsibility for the household.
Sorrow, hurt, anger, guilt, confusion, and other feelings that arise after suffering a loss
are reflected in
a. mourning.
b. acceptance.
c. grief.
d. distancing.
Risk factors for placement in a nursing home include all of the following except
a. being over the age of 85.
b. having mobility problems.
c. having recently been admitted to a hospital.
d. being male.
The age at which half the individuals born in any particular year will have died is called
a. maximum longevity.
b. average longevity.
c. functional health.
d. chronic longevity.
In Denney’s model, which of the following terms refers to the ability a normal healthy
adult would exhibit without
practice or training?
a. optimally exercised ability
b. pragmatic intelligence
c. unexercised ability
d. interindividual variability
Most of the people who experience the death of their spouse are
a. women.
b. men.
c. young.
d. middle-aged.
The ‘sexual revolution” in the 1960s is an example of a
a. normative age-graded event.
b. normative history-graded event.
c. normative individual-graded event.
d. nonnormative event.
Which of the following is not one of the variables in the four-factor version of Social
Cognitive Career Theory?
a. self-efficacy
b. interests
c. outcome expectations
d. barriers
______________ refers to the idea that the well-being of the family takes precedence
over the concerns of individual family members.
a. Nuclearness
b. Communalism
c. Inclusiveness
d. Familism
Which is an approach to assisting dying people that emphasizes pain management and
death with dignity?
a. palliative care
b. hospital care
c. hospice care
d. thanatology
Which provides older adults who need skilled nursing care a small, home-like
environment that shifts the focus from a large facility to a more home-like setting?
a. Pioneer Network
b. Green House Project
c. Eden Alternative
d. none of these
Sandy is a spousal caregiver who maintains high marital satisfaction. Sandy is less
likely to exhibit
a. stress.
b. effective coping strategies.
c. depressive symptoms.
d. anxiety disorders.
Identifying the correct information from a larger list of information is an example of
a. recall memory.
b. recognition memory.
c. inference.
d. semantic memory.
Seeking pastoral care, participating in organized and nonorganized religious activities,
and expressing faith in a God is the coping strategy called .
Do personal goals change across the life span? Provide an example to support your
argument.
Events are characterized as ____________ if they are important to the individual but do
not happen to most people.
Over most of the life of Social Security,__________were greater than payments.
Describe Lewin’s personenvironment interaction equation.
What impact does memory self-efficacy have on older adults’ memory performance?
Both Generation X and the Millenials will feel the brunt of the baby boomers. One
concern is whether this will cause __________ conflict.
Identify the six characteristics of mentally healthy people proposed by Birren and
Renner.
Development is said to be ________________when there is more than one path to
successful aging.
The fact that cell life appears limited to about 50 divisions is referred to as the_____.
Cognitive interventions to help people with Alzheimer’s remember things is an example
of a _______ prevention.
Discrimination against older people, simply because they are older, is called
_______________.
What are the repercussions associated with widowhood?
What three assumptions are made about traits?
How does the relationship between emotion and logic change over the life span?
What are some of the implications as people’s immune systems change across time?