Adult Psych Midterm Chap 1 Multiple Choice

The term __________ captures the concept that aging involves a set of processes that include physical changes, personality, and culture

multidirectional

Which of the following would be considered a measure of functional age?

muscle strength

A family's home is destroyed when a tree falls through the roof during a windstorm. Theirs was the only dwelling on the street that was affected by the storm. This is an example of what type of influence on development?

non-normative

The millennial generation is said to be affected in their development by the increasing availability of smartphone apps that connect them with friends. This set of influences on their development over time is referred to in gerontology as ______ aging.

social

Health experts and demographers are concerned about changes in the age distribution of the population causing:

strains on health care for older adults in developing nations

By the year 2050, the number of people in the world who are 85 and older is estimated to be ____ million:

447

The number of people 65 and older living in the U.S. as of 2017 is ___ million.

50.9

Another way to express the concept of health expectancy is in terms of:

compression of morbidity

The term used to refer to the ages of approximately 18-29 is:

emerging adulthood

By the year 2050, which part of the world will experience a substantial decrease in the percent of the population 65 and older?

Europe

A supercentenarian is someone who is over the age of:

110

The principle that only the survivors grow old is represented by the fact that, of all people born in 2020, only about ____________ will be alive at the age of 85.

115,000

Which U.S. state has the highest proportion (not number) of adults 65 and older?

Florida

The ________________ principle of adult development and aging proposes that changes build on themselves over a person's lifetime in a cumulative fashion.

continuity

The fact that people feel they are the same over time despite the fact that they are constantly undergoing age-related changes is the basis of which principle of adult development and aging?

continuity

The fastest growing ethnic minority group in the U.S. of people 65 and older consists of:

hispanics

The role of biological sex in development is regarded as reflecting which factor?

hormonal influences

A term in gerontology used to refer to people who are in the age group of 85 and older is:

oldest-old

People who decide to retire before the typical age of 65-70 would be considered to have an older ___________ age than their friends who are still working.

social

Florida has the highest percent of people 65 and older in the U.S., amounting to _______% of their population.

19.9

The maximum age that a species can live to is referred to as the:

life span

The generation reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century is referred to as the:

millenials

Individuals who adopt the sex other than what they were born with are referred to as:

transgendered

By the year 2050, estimates are that the world's "oldest" country will be:

Japan

Fact or Myth: People become more pessimistic in later life.

Myth

The large-scale investigation of the relationship between health and occupational level is known as the:

Whitehall II study

By the year 2050, what percent of the U.S. population 65 and older is projected to be female?

54

The number of people 65 and older in the world is estimated to be:

617 million

Which species of animal does not get cancer, and is therefore being studied to understand genetic causes of the disease?

shark

Tertiary aging is the process that occurs at what point in life?

In the rapid decline before death

Which of the following would be considered a normative history-graded influence on development?

a building of international tensions associated with uprisings in a particular country

Which factor was included in the British study known as Whitehall II as involved in understanding the impact of occupation on health?

psychological workload

As shown in theoretical data on cognition and aging, interindividuality in development is illustrated by the fact that:

Age differences only appeared on tests involving speed.

As shown in theoretical data on cognition and aging, intraindividuality in development is illustrated by the fact that:

The same 54-year-old had high scores on number but low scores on free recall.

In the GINI coefficient, complete income equity of a country would occur when:

income is equally distributed by a corresponding share of the population

In 2015, what was the average life expectancy in the U.S. of people who have reached the age of 65?

84.4

Although imperfect, chronological age can be used to represent:

the expectations and privileges within a culture

By the year 2050, which continent will show the greatest increase in the 80-year and older population?

Asia

People who encounter life events that coincide with social expectations based on their chronological age are said to experience which type of influence?

normative age-graded

Exposure to mass shootings in the U.S., even if not personally experienced, reflect which type of influence on development?

normative history-graded

Highly developed, stable, countries that have nearly equal birth and death rates have an age-sex structure that would resemble which shape?

rectangle

A 66-year-old woman moves to Arizona from her hometown in Michigan. She enjoys outdoor activities and especially likes to spend time in the sun. For the last 3 years, she has battled skin cancer but her friends back home (who are less exposed to the sun) have remained cancer-free even though their skin shows signs of aging. The sun-loving woman's cancer is an example of which type of aging?

secondary aging

Because the _____________ are the individuals we study in later life, researchers caution that the findings may not be true for everyone born in a given period of time.

survivors

The statistic used to characterize a country's distribution of wealth is referred to as the.

GINI coefficient

Estimates are that by 2060, what percent of those 65 and older will be of Hispanic origin?

27.5

In defining an individual's socioeconomic status, the factor of ___________ may be used, but is typically not included.

income

By 2060, estimates are that there will be _________ centenarians in the U.S. population.

604,000

The fact that changes in appearance reflect biological changes, individual identity, and social attitudes toward aging is an example of the

biopsychosocial model