LaBouvie-Vief and colleagues found that the degree of differentiation in the self was
related to one’s level of cognitive development. This finding provides support for
a. Piaget
b. Costa & McCrae
c. Kegan
d. Whitbourne
The study of the relations between psychological, neurological, and immunological
systems is known as
a. autoimmunity.
b. psychoneuroimmunology.
c. autolymphomosis.
d. anti-immunity.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of formal operations?
a. hypothetico-deductive thought
b. logical structure
c. reality constraints
d. one solution
SOC stands for
a. social, occupational, and compensatory
b. selection, optimization, and compensation
c. standard, operational, and control
d. subjective, optimistic, and compensation
Reliance on spiritual beliefs helps people to
a. ignore their problems.
b. be distracted from their problems.
c. focus on the parts of the problem that may be under their control.
d. share their problems with others who are also religious.
Ecology of aging, or , seeks to understand the dynamic relations between older adults
and the environments they inhabit.
a. psychology of adaptation
b. aging in place
c. gerontology
d. environmental psychology
“A subjective evaluation of a couple’s relationship on a number of different dimensions”
is the definition of which aspect of marriage?
a. marital success
b. marital quality
c. marital adjustment
d. marital satisfaction
The deliberate ending of someone’s life because they have a terminal illness is called
a. active euthanasia.
b. passive euthanasia.
c. terminal euthanasia.
d. medical euthanasia.
Remembering to call your friend on her birthday requires you to use
a. retrospective memory.
b. correlative memory.
c. anterograde memory.
d. prospective memory.
Which of the following is the correct order of Erikson’s stages during adulthood?
a. intimacy-isolation, generativity-stagnation, ego integrity-despair
b. identity-confusion, intimacy-isolation, generativity-stagnation
c. generativity-stagnation, ego integrity-despair, trust-mistrust
d. trust-mistrust, initiative-guilt, industry-inferiority
Many older adults admitted to the hospital for depressive symptoms turn out to have
previously undiagnosed
a. anxiety disorders.
b. schizophrenia.
c. medical problems.
d. substance abuse.
Believing that depression involves internal belief systems characterizes
a. cognitive theories.
b. biological theories.
c. psychoanalytic theories.
d. biosocial theories.
What is the most common family from around the world?
a. nuclear
b. female-headed household
c. extended
d. divorced
The pathology component of the main pathway of disability consists of
a. diagnosis of disease.
b. dysfunctions and structural abnormalities.
c. restrictions in basic physical and mental actions.
d. difficulty performing daily tasks.
In grocery stores and on television there is a trend toward marketing “brain foods” to
the general public. These “brain foods” contain________, which protect your cells from
free radicals.
a. antioxidants
b. omega-3 fats
c. B vitamins
d. hormone replacements
Men tend to base their friendships on
a. intimate sharing.
b. emotional sharing.
c. shared activities.
d. personality matches.
________mothers are more at ease being parents, spend more time with their babies,
and are more sensitive, affectionate and supportive to them.
a. Older
b. Younger
c. Single
d. Divorced
A major problem in assessing depression in older adults is
a. deciding which test to use among the many valid ones available.
b. most tests were developed on young and middle-aged adults and work best with
those age groups.
c. testing has been outlawed in many countries.
d. the lack of any differences between older and younger adults’ scores.
A research design that seeks to determine the nature of the relationship between two
variables, such as a healthy diet and the prevalence of health issues in old age, is called
a(n)
a. self-report study.
b. observational study.
c. experiment.
d. correlational study.
As we get older, our chances of contracting_____ goes down, while our chances of
contracting_____ goes up.
a. acute diseases; chronic diseases
b. chronic diseases; acute diseases
c. acute diseases; influenza
d. cancer; chronic diseases
Which of the following statements is not true regarding gender and the workplace?
a. Women entrepreneurs are starting small businesses at a faster rate than men.
b. Women prefer organizations that value interdependence and collaboration.
c. Some women feel they must leave unsupportive organizations to achieve satisfaction
and growth.
d. Women prefer work environments that value independence and self-sufficiency.
_______are the most widely used assessment methods.
a. Direct observations
b. Clinical interviews
c. Neuropsychological assessments
d. Performance-based assessments
Which of the following is not true regarding cohabiting?
a. People with higher education levels cohabit more.
b. Cohabitation is extremely common in the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
c. Having cohabitated does not seem to make marriages any better and, in fact, may do
more harm than good.
d. Many countries extend the same rights to cohabiting couples as they do married
couples.
According to Brandtstdter, a person who readjusts his/her goals to lessen the impact of
declines is said to be
engaging in
a. primary control.
b. secondary control.
c. assimilative activities.
d. accommodations.
Which of the following may actually facilitate adjustment to relocation?
a. being homesick
b. reminiscing about home
c. forgetting about previous life and friends
d. quickly deciding to relocate before there is too much time to think about it
Which of the following brain imaging techniques can measure glucose metabolism?
a. SPECT
b. PET
c. MRI
d. CT
The awareness of what we are doing with our memory right now is known as
a. metamemory.
b. memory monitoring.
c. online awareness.
d. memory awareness.
During dinnertime Joe, an Alzheimer’s patient, often acts out and throws his food.
However, tonight he is sitting quietly and eating; this prompts the nursing home staff to
reward Joe. The most likely technique the staff is employing is
a. milieu therapy.
b. differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior.
c. spaced reinforcement.
d. cognitive retraining.
Having a provides a strong source of self-identity.
a. home
b. doctor
c. friend
d. pet
One potential danger of relativistic thinking is that it can lead to
a. absolutist thinking.
b. cynicism.
c. preoperational thinking.
d. biased thinking.
While young adults prefer intense physical leisure activities like scuba diving and hang
gliding, those in later middle age tend to spend more time in
a. educational activities like going back to school.
b. social activities like hosting parties.
c. sedentary activities like reading and watching television.
d. community-based activities like volunteering.
Which of the following is not a primary mental ability?
a. verbal meaning
b. inductive reasoning
c. word fluency
d. fluid intelligence
Therapy based on the notion that depression results from maladaptive beliefs about
oneself is
a. cognitive.
b. behavioral.
c. psychoeducational.
d. reminiscence.
There are few changes in the autonomic nervous system as we age. However, two
changes that people commonly report are in ____________ and __________.
Discuss differences in friendships between women and those between men.
Schooler argued that the presence of can greatly reduce the impact of environmental
stressors.
What is successful aging?
Crystallized and fluid intelligence are examples of________ mental abilities.
_________includes the notions of self-esteem and self-image.
Describe how tPA is being used to treat CVAs.
Why do women lose bone mass at approximately twice the rate of men?
The approach compares the brain functioning of healthy older adults with adults
displaying various pathological brain disorders.
Compared to other countries, women in the United States tend to be employed
at_________rates.
Middle-aged adults who have both their parents and children to take care of are part of
the
_______.
Based on person-environment interactions, is the point when competence and
environmental press are in balance.
Metabolic processes, such as______ and_______, may be related to living longer.
Describe Karen Hooker’s (2003, 2012) extension of McAdams’s model of personality.
For most couples, marital satisfaction improves after children leave home, a state called
the_______.
The________principle hypothesizes that development is driven by problems that occur
at particular times of life.