Chapter 1: Themes and Issues in Adult Development and Aging

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

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

54

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

Europe

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

Florida

Which of the following statements from the Age Feed represents a myth?

People become more pessimistic in later life.

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

emerging adulthood

Another way to express the concept of compression of mortality is in terms of:

health expectancy

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

life span

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

19.9

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

hormonal influences

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

income

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

84.4

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

Asia

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

Hispanics

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. Correct answer.

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

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

604,000

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

In the rapid decline before death.

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

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

transgendered

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

multidirectional

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

Whitehall II Study

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

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

biopsychosocial model

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

millennials

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

oldest-old

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

rectangle

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

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