Adult Development Module 1 Chapter 1-2

The idea that older adults are much more satisfied with their lives when they are able to leave behind their former social roles and involvements is consistent with which role adjustment theory?

Disengagement

A 70-year-old who refuses to think of herself as hearing impaired even though she truly has difficulty hearing conversations at ordinary levels, would be considered to show which identity process?

Identity assimilation

"The index of age that represents a person's functioning on measures such as intelligence, memory, and learning ability is called ___________ age.

Psychological

A world-class tennis player decides to end her career and retire at the age of 24. Her _____ age would be approximately 65 years old.

social

In the process called identity ______________, people are able to accept negative information about themselves as part of their sense of self without feeling unduly disturbed or perhaps without even thinking twice that the information maybe inaccurate.

?Balance

People referred to as "old-old" have which specific characteristic?

Between the ages of 75-84

Organismic models of development are most likely to include which types of aging theories?

Biological

The term __________ captures the concept that aging involves an interaction among processes such as physical changes, cognition, and social context:

Biopsychococial

The changes that take place over time, according to the ecological model of development, fall into the realm of the

Chronosystem

In the Bronfenbrenner ecological model of development, which type of system has the most direct impact on the individual?

Microsystem

According to the continuity principle of adult development and aging, the experiences you have as a young adult will play what role in your development?

People retain their identities about as they get older, even though their appearance changes.

The selective optimization with compensation model proposes that older adults engage in what type of behavior when faced with loss?

Put more energy into the abilities which they care about the most

The term life ______ refers to the maximum number of years that a species lives, reflecting its genetic inheritance.

Span

Research on adaptation to aging suggests that the most important factor determining your health, happiness, and longevity may very well be your ______ age.

Subjective

Which of the following might account for the fact that the people who live to old age are the "survivors"?

Their families provided a strong support network.

A term in gerontology used to refer to people who are in the age group of 65-74 is

Young-old

The changes that individuals experience in income and residence when they retire and move out of the home where they spent their working lives would fall into the ____________ domain of the biopsychosocial model

sociocultural