Quiz 9

The oldest-old today are mostly:

Female

Which of the following is a drug that is used in the treatment of Parkinsons disease?

L-dopa

Older adults especially reform well when decision making:

is not constrained by time pressures

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory, individuals are motivated by two types of goals emotional and :

knowledge related

One study revealed that an important factor among older adults who showed a higher level of emotion regulation and successful aging was:

reduced responsiveness to regrets

____ refers to extended verbal expression in speech or writing.

Discourse

In one survey reported by Kalish & Reynolds only ____ of individuals 60 and over had made any funeral arrangements.

24 percent

Kubler-Ross describes the ___ stage as the end of the dying struggle.

Acceptance

____ states that the more energetic and involved older adults are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with their lives.

Activity theory

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory, the trajectory of motivation for knowledge related goals peak in:

Adolescence and early adulthood

Prejudice against others because of their age, especially prejudice against older adults, is known as ____.

Ageism

When faced with externals challenges such as stressful situations, the human body adapts by altering internal physiological processes in a process known as ______.

Allostasis

_____ are authorized to act much like a fire extinguisher, helping to neutralize free-radical activity and reduce stress caused by damage to the cells.

Antioxidants

_____ illness often follows a pattern of an acute period that may require hospitalization, followed by a longer period of remission, and then repetition of this pattern.

Chronic

The ______ refers to the primary neural receptor for hearing in the inner ear

Cochlea

Acording to Baltes, ____ becomes relevant when life tasks require a level of capacity beyond the current level of the older adult's performance potential.

Compensation

Which of the following is the best description of the term Euthanasia?

Easy Death

After 1995, of the adults 65 and older in the workforce, those ___ rose substantially.

Engaging in full time work

The retention of information about the when and where of life happenings is called ______ memory.

Episodic

A cross sectional study by Ursela Staudinger found that for adults from 35 to 54 years of age, ___ becomes most important in terms of personal investment.

Family

Lower frequency of depressive symptoms in older adults compared with middle aged adults was linked to all of the following:

Fewer economic hardships, fewer negative social interchanges, increased religiosity

The neurotransmitter ______, which helps to control the preciseness of the signal sent from one neuron to another, decreases with again.

GABA

The ____ issue raises questions about weather the young should be required to pay for the old.

Generational equity

Compared with elderly men, elderly women are Less like to have:

Hearing problems

A recent meta-analysis of 128 studies found that through reminiscence therapy, clients attained a:

Higher sense of integrity

Prolonged, elevated levels of stress related hormones have been associated with all of the following conditions:

Hypertension, cancer, diabetes

Most psychologists believe that it is best for dying individuals to:

Know they are dying

Which of the following is Erikson's eighth stage of development?

Integrity vs. Despair

Cigarette smoking contributes to ____, a condition in which individuals may have relatively normal peripheral vision but be unable to see clearly what is right in front of them.

Macular degeneration.

Which of the following is called the "common cold" of mental disorders?

Major depression

A pew poll found that belief in God was higher in ____ than in any other age period.

Older Adults

For older adults with a partner who reported not having sex, the main reason was:

Poor physical health

_____ is a cognitive resource that involves the ability to perform tasks such as deciding whether pairs of two digit or two letter strings are the same or different or determining the time required to step on the brakes when the car directly ahead stops.

Preceptual speed

Deaths that are sudden, violent, or traumatic are likely to:

Produce more intense feelings in survivors than if a person died of a long illness

When working with older clients, some clinicians use ____ therapy, which involves discussing past activities and experiences with another individual or group.

Reminiscence

The term ____, refers to the ability to focus on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant to the task at hand while ignoring others that are irrelevant.

Selective attention

According to the cross cultural section study by Ursula Staudinger, ____ showed up for the first time on the most important list for those who were 85 to 105 years old.

Thinking about life

The majority of older adults living alone are widowed, encompassing _____ times as many women ad men.

Three

Which of the following countries has the highest number of centenarians( people over 100)?

United states

It is observed that respect for older adults is greater in _____ cultures than in _____ cultures.

collectividtic; individuslistic