Muslim women who remain single in Malaysia speak in terms of_______, the soul
mate one finds through fate at a time appointment by God.
a. cinta
b. jodoh
c. satu
d. kami
Taken together, the body of research on personal control indicates it may serve as
a_________for one’s well- being in the face of declining health and other losses
associated with the oldest adults.
a. proxy or measure
b. protective factor
c. stress factor
d. motivator
Metamemory refers to what one knows about
a. the memory system and how it works.
b. the accuracy of the knowledge base.
c. current ongoing memory processes.
d. one’s own past experiences.
A woman experiencing symptoms of menopause in her late 40s and early 50s is an
example of a(n)
a. age effect.
b. time-of-measurement effect.
c. practice effect.
d. cohort effect.
Which of the following is characteristic of the separation distress found in prolonged or
complicated grief disorder?
a. longing and searching for the deceased
b. feelings of disbelief about the death
c. the experience of the physical presence of the deceased
d. detachment from others
Which of the following is associated with abnormal brain aging?
a. losses greatly outnumber gains before very old age
b. small numbers of neuritic plaques
c. significant changes in synaptic configuration
d. small declines in GABA
Withholding chemotherapy from a terminally ill cancer patient could be a form of
a. active euthanasia.
b. passive euthanasia.
c. benevolent euthanasia.
d. medical euthanasia.
Research on the long-term effects of cognitive training on fluid abilities shows that
a. effects can last as long as seven years.
b. effects do not last longer than one year.
c. effects are strong in the beginning and then diminish.
d. effects are present only in women.
The highest amount of work-family conflict is found
a. when there are at least two preschool-age children in the home.
b. when there are teenagers living in the home.
c. when there are boomerang kids living in the home.
d. when one of the spouses retires.
One consequence of aging in the cardiovascular system is
a. greater elasticity and flexibility of the arteries.
b. a decrease in overall blood pressure.
c. a reduction in the heart’s pumping capacity.
d. decreased calcification of arterial walls.
An approach to personality that explicitly takes into account contextual factors is
a. dispositional traits.
b. personal concerns.
c. personality constructs.
d. situational specific.
Changes in______increase the older adult’s vulnerability to infection, viruses, and
certain types of arthritis.
a. white matter
b. the autonomic nervous system
c. quality of life
d. the immune system
For some older adults, especially_______, a strong attachment to God is what they
believe helps them deal with life’s challenges.
a. Hispanic Americans
b. African Americans
c. Native Americans
d. European Americans
Older adults are more likely to believe that
a. they will become their hoped for self.
b. they will become their feared self.
c. the hoped for self is not under their personal control.
d. neither the hoped for nor the feared self is under their personal control.
Social Security is funded by
a. the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
b. private donations.
c. profits earned by U.S. corporations.
d. payroll taxes.
The most common form of elder abuse is________.
a. physical
b. emotional
c. financial
d. neglect
Thirty years of research has shown that_______ is/are predictive of future health
outcomes.
a. self-ratings of health
b. objective assessments of one’s exercise habits
c. the number of times one visits the doctor
d. a spouse’s rating of one’s health
Which of the following biomarker patterns was associated with less favorable cognitive
functioning and less total cerebral brain volume?
a. high blood plasma levels of B, C, D, and E
b. high blood plasma levels of omega-3 fatty acids
c. the biomarker pattern high in trans fat
d. the biomarker pattern high in EPA
In a comprehensive study of the effects of unemployment, losing one’s job was related
to lower mental health, life satisfaction, and subjective physical health. These effects
disappeared with
a. relocation.
b. family support.
c. government financial assistance.
d. reemployment.
In one longitudinal study, it was found that negative emotions displayed during conflict
predicted early, but not later divorce. In general, this reflected a pattern of
a. wife demand-husband withdrawal
b. husband demand-wife withdrawal
c. wife demand-husband demand
d. wife withdrawal-husband withdrawal
In the past, much research regarding adult development and aging was based
upon_______data.
a. psychosocial
b. behavioral
c. social
d. neuroimaging
The key strategies for successful aging include all of the following except
a. maintaining an optimistic outlook.
b. having plenty of resources.
c. having a social network.
d. having sound health habits.
Age differences on divided attention tasks
a. can be reduced by increasing older adults’ practice with the tasks.
b. can be reduced by decreasing younger adults’ practice with the tasks.
c. can be reduced by increasing task complexity.
d. cannot be reduced.
The self-care tasks of eating, bathing, dressing, and walking are termed
a. functional activities of daily living.
b. instrumental activities of daily living.
c. activities of daily living.
d. disabilities of daily living.
Between 1959 and 2010, the number of older individuals living below the poverty line
in the United States
a. decreased.
b. increased.
c. remained constant.
d. increased for women and decreased for men.
Using what you know about fast food restaurants to order lunch at a new burger place is
an example of________in
Piaget’s theory.
a. organization
b. operations
c. accommodation
d. assimilation
When older adults’ forgetfulness is rated as more serious than memory failures of
younger adults, this is known as
a. an age-based double standard.
b. an age-based stereotype.
c. age-based attribution.
d. dispositional stereotype.
Developmental researchers are interested in understanding
a. how people change over time.
b. age-related changes.
c. age-related differences or variations.
d. all of these.
The American Cancer Society recommends a prostate-specific antigen blood test and
the digital rectal exam by the age of
a. 30.
b. 40.
c. 50.
d. 60.
Critics argue that Erikson’s stage of generativity is much too________to capture the
essence of adulthood.
a. narrow
b. broad
c. culturally specific
d. based on a masculine perspective of development
Semantic memory can be described as involving which type of ability?
a. being able to recall a stimuli viewed for a few seconds
b. remembering to do something in the future
c. remembering where something was heard or seen
d. recalling the definition of a word or a historical fact
Which approach to intelligence emphasizes scores on standardized tests?
a. psychometric
b. neofunctionalist
c. cognitive
d. applied
Discuss HIV/AIDS in the elderly population.
What is the debate regarding life-sustaining care?
_______is the active processes and structures involved in holding information in mind
and simultaneously using that information to solve a problem or make a decision.
How do cognitive behavioral theories explain depression?
_________are the interrelations among performance on similar tests of psychometric
intelligence.
Sternberg proposed that love had_______basic components.
Explanations that people construct about the causes of behavior that are based on a
person’s traits are called
____________________.
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act?
Neurotransmitters are chemicals that cross the spaces between neurons. These spaces
are called
_____________.
Seventy-eight percent of are sponsored by nonprofit organizations.
Discuss quality of life and its subjective nature.
The desertion of an older adult by a person who had physical custody or had otherwise
assumed responsibility for providing care for the older adult is called .
________represent the largest generation ever to reach older adulthood.
_______________aging refers to normal, disease-free development in adulthood.
The____________ to intelligence emphasizes the ways in which people conceptualize
problems and focuses on modes or styles of thinking.
How you solve problems is known as your_______.
Most of the tasks involving deliberate memory, such as learning words on a list,
require________.
European American men help with chores less than either________ or________ men.
What evidence is there that midlife crises do or do not exist?
What can be done to lower one’s level of cholesterol?