Research indicates that there are age differences in the types of coping strategies used
across the life span. For example, older adults are more likely to use________than
younger adults.
a. active coping strategies
b. emotion-focused strategies
c. personal mastery strategies
d. community-focused strategies
Research shows that most people who know they have the talent and the opportunity to
achieve their career goals
a. usually attain them.
b. usually suffer from reality shock.
c. tend to change their goals often.
d. tend to overestimate their abilities.
For women, the transition from reproductive years to nonreproductive years is called
a. the climacteric.
b. menopause.
c. hysterectomy.
d. the cessation of menstruation.
Allowing residents to decorate their own rooms, choosing what they want to eat from a
buffet, and deciding whether they want to take a shower or a bath, is a description of
which of the following?
a. assisted living
b. person-environment planning
c. person-centered planning
d. staff programs.
Neuroscience research shows that people who have practiced meditation
a. are more spiritual.
b. show greater utilization of more areas of the brain.
c. show more organized attention systems.
d. show fewer white matter hyperintensities.
Which of the following variables is related to the kinds of leisure activities people
choose?
a. education
b. income
c. health
d. all of these
To be eligible for Medicare, a person must meet one of three criteria. Which of the
following is not one of those criteria?
a. be over age 65
b. be disabled
c. be below the poverty line
d. have permanent kidney failure
If one’s performance on a test is highly related to one’s performance on another test,
then the abilities measured by the two tests are interrelated and are called a
a. collection.
b. trait.
c. factor.
d. correlation.
Which type of lymphocyte is our primary defense against cancer and provides help in
fighting viral and parasitic infections?
a. T-lymphocytes
b. B-lymphocytes
c. IgG
d. natural killer cells (NK)
The most promising work relating to the genetic causes of Alzheimer’s disease has
focused on
a. chromosome 14.
b. Down syndrome.
c. amyloid protein.
d. types of neurotransmitters involved.
Alzheimer’s disease has an average duration of________years from the onset of
noticeable symptoms to death.
a. 2
b. 5
c. 9
d. 15
Given the research, the most apt conclusion to draw regarding personal control is that
a. personal control increases with age.
b. personal control decreases with age.
c. personal control is multidimensional and complex.
d. personal control is highly stable across domains.
Linda just lost her husband due to a sudden heart attack. Her state of loss caused by the
death is called
a. mourning.
b. bereavement.
c. grief.
d. displacement.
One way in which implicit stereotypes are often observed is in how
a. people communicate with each other.
b. people think of each other.
c. people rate other peoples’ behaviors toward older adults.
d. threatened a person feels.
Alzheimer’s disease accounts for as many as________of all cases of dementia.
a. 30%
b. 45%
c. 60%
d. 70%
The statements “Each person is entitled to his or her own viewpoint.” and “I cannot
force my opinions on anyone else.” are characteristic of
a. postformal thought.
b. quasi-reflective thinking.
c. absolutist thinking.
d. none of these.
Due to slowing metabolism rates, older adults need
a. fewer calories.
b. more vitamins.
c. more carbohydrates.
d. to exercise more slowly.
The death of a spouse at age 25 is an example of a
a. normative age-graded event.
b. normative history-graded event.
c. normative individual-graded event.
d. nonnormative event.
The research findings that having long-lived ancestors was important to health only up
to age 60 and that stress- related diseases before age 50 were not predictive of longevity
point to the notion that
a. variables that predict health in early life may not in old age.
b. only exercise and diet can reliably predict longevity.
c. longevity cannot be determined.
d. the theory of programmed cell death is true.
How grandparents and grandchildren interact varies by
a. ethnic group.
b. country in which they reside.
c. education level of grandparent.
d. temperament of grandchild.
Evaluating one’s ability to control and cope with harm, threat, or challenge occurs
during
a. primary appraisal.
b. secondary appraisal.
c. reappraisal.
d. emotional adaptation.
The use of______makes tasks easier and increases the efficiency of encoding and
retrieval.
a. strategies b. metamemory
c. the information processing model d. memory monitoring
Which of the following is not true of older adults’ decision making?
a. Older adults have difficulty in unfamiliar situations.
b. Older adults have difficulty when under time pressure.
c. Older adults have difficulty when decision making requires a lot of capacity.
d. Older adults’ quality of decisions is not as good as younger adults.
Traditional treatment of schizophrenia consists of
a. psychotherapy.
b. lithium.
c. antipsychotic medications.
d. MAO inhibitors.
When a person makes a new primary or secondary appraisal resulting from a change in
the situation, they are making a
a. primary appraisal.
b. secondary appraisal.
c. tertiary appraisal.
d. reappraisal.
It is now widely accepted that bilateral activation in the aging brain is
a. evidence of compensation for deterioration in certain brain regions.
b. the result of chronic illnesses in the individual.
c. evidence that older brains are inefficient.
d. no different than what is observed in younger brains.
The circumstances that facilitate feeling at “home” while living in a nursing home
include all of the following
except
a. participating in the placement decision.
b. having prior knowledge of the facility.
c. focusing on family and social relationships.
d. focusing on autonomy and personal objects.
Gottman and Levenson (2000) found that_______ predicts divorce early in marriage,
while__________ predicts divorce later in marriage.
a. negative emotions; lack of positive emotions
b. lack of positive emotions; negative emotions
c. having children; negative emotions
d. Negative emotions predicts divorce at any point in marriage.
College students who have-________adjust better to stressful life events.
a. strong friendship networks
b. parental support
c. the personality characteristics of openness and extraversion
d. close proximity to their parents
Which of the following is a sign of aging that is not readily apparent?
a. age spots
b. increased blood pressure
c. redistribution of body fat
d. wrinkles
Which of the following therapies is especially effective with older adults?
a. cognitive behavioral
b. psychoanalysis
c. medication
d. ECT
Researchers include all of the following as themes that characterize adult friendships
except
a. support.
b. reciprocity.
c. choice.
d. physical intimacy.
The risk of getting cancer
a. decreases somewhat with age.
b. increases markedly with age.
c. does not change with age.
d. is unknown.
Raising multiethnic children raises unique challenges not experienced by parents of
same-race children. For example, some parents of multiethnic children
a. worry that the child will not have a chance to learn about both cultures.
b. are concerned that their children will choose to identify with one culture more so
than the other.
c. worry that their children will be rejected by members of both communities.
d. are concerned their children will be confused over their multiethnicity.