Chapter 12 Practice Quiz
The "sandwich generation" is squeezed between the needs of their aging parents and those of their adolescent children. The "midlife crisis" is supposed to beset almost everyone when they reach their forties or fifties. Which of these phenomena is more a popular cliché than an empirical reality?
Both phenomena are closer to fiction than fact.
_____ refer(s) to the grandparent job of monitoring the well-being of younger family members and intervening to provide help in a crisis.
Family watchdogs
Which statement is true about female body satisfaction?
Women who compare their bodies to others their own age do not feel worse about their bodies as they age.
Fluid intelligence declines with age due to:
a gradual slowing of people's mental processes.
Sixty-year-old Maria is a highly generative person. Statistically, she is apt to have had all of the following EXCEPT:
a life history full of mainly successful experiences.
A redemption sequence refers to:
a negative event that was used as a growth experience by the person.
As women approach menopause, they usually experience:
hot flashes.
Jennifer is a 60-year-old woman who wants tips for how to flourish in her adult years. One is LEAST likely to recommend:
steering clear of developing a generative mission.
Fran ranks high on neuroticism on the Big Five. Fran is MOST likely to be:
stressed out and anxious.
Prior to the Seattle Longitudinal Study, researchers incorrectly concluded that intelligence declines in older age because of:
the education differences between the groups examined.
Parent care refers to adults caring for:
their disabled elderly parents.
Ernest's fluid intelligence is at its peak. Ernest is MOST likely in his:
twenties
What is the MOST common sexual result of menopause?
uncomfortable intercourse due to changes in the vagina
_____ is well-being defined as having a sense of meaning and life purpose.
Eudaimonic happiness
Eudaimonic happiness refers to:
Eudaimonic happiness refers to:
In U.S. surveys, roughly about _____ percent of all people in their late sixties and early seventies call themselves middle aged.
50
Menopause typically occurs at about age _____ and is a result of a(n) _____ in estrogen.
50; decrease
Statistically, in which way is one's personality NOT apt to change when one reaches midlife?
One's personality will shift due to a midlife crisis.
_____ when grandparents are very hands on during childhood, children naturally leave the grandparent orbit as they grow up. The text suggests that social media may _____ this tendency.
Even; mitigate
Which person is LEAST likely to self-identify as middle aged?
Michelle, a 33-year-old mother of five and small-business owner
Who is MOST likely to have the greatest success in relationships?
Terry, who is high in conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion
Which of these is NOT a sexual change that occurs in middle-aged men?
Their ejaculations are more intense than when they were younger.
The acronym OCEAN—or, alternatively, the oddly related CANOE—sometimes helps students remember the names of the Big Five personality dimensions. The "A" in these words stands for:
agreeableness
A measurement of overall body deterioration, found by summing how a person functions on multiple physiological indexes, is called:
allostatic load.
Jo's passion is the successful PR firm they own. Now in late sixties, Jo is concentrating their focus on the business, moving into a condominium to minimize home maintenance and yard upkeep. Jo also finds that they are making increasing use of technology assists, like alerts and reminders on her phone, to ensure they do their best work for their clients. Which pair BEST matches a component of the selective optimization with compensation model with an illustrative element of Jo's experience?
compensation—Jo's increasing use of technology assists
Across the globe, elder care is usually the job of:
daughters.
Generativity is associated with _____ happiness.
eudaimonic
Hedonic happiness refers to:
feeling good.
Rhoda reports, "I am happier now than at any other age." Based on the research, Rhoda is MOST likely in her:
fifties
Pick the strategy recommended by the text for keeping one's IQ fine-tuned with age.
find a compelling, flow-inducing career
Postformal thought does NOT involve:
focusing on getting a single "right" answer.
One tends to reach one's intellectual peak in one's:
forties or fifties, but there is wide variation from one intellectual skill to another.
On the Big Five, Gloria ranks high on extraversion. Gloria is:
gregarious, outgoing, and assertive.
In its discussion of the Big Five personality dimensions, the textbook relates the story of "Brett," who "became ensnared in alcohol and drugs, so he never made it through school. Because Brett was so unreliable, he continually lost jobs and—over the decades—had several bitter divorces. His children rejected him for being an absent. At age 60, Brett has serious health concerns and appears years older than his age. His decades of failure have left [him] penniless, lonely, and depressed." With respect to the Big Five, Brett's tale is an "afterschool special" drama warning of the dangers of:
low conscientiousness.
In Table 12.2, the textbook addresses stereotypes and facts about menopause. Which choice BEST expresses the proportion of women who find menopause a relief?
many
Some cross-sectional surveys indicate that _____ adulthood is the "least happy" phase of the adult lifespan.
middle
The grandparents' family watchdog role involves:
monitoring the well-being of younger family members and intervening to provide help.
A researcher should find a _____ correlation between scores on a measure of allostatic load and scores on a measure of executive function.
negative
Min is 49. In the past year, her menstrual cycle has become irregular, and she has menstruated less frequently than she had done in the past. Min is BEST described as experiencing:
perimenopause.
According to evolutionary psychologists, menopause and grandparenthood evolved to:
promote the survival of the young.
Fluid intelligence refers to one's ability to:
quickly master new intellectual challenges.
Older and middle-aged women:
report less interest in sex than men.
Although caregiving grandparents probably experience many feelings regarding their role, the text suggests that the overarching one is MOST likely:
sadness, at the inability of their son or daughter to parent.
After a high point at around age 19, this has been shown to decline with age for both men and women.
self-criticism
All these factors predict plenty of grandparent hands-on involvement EXCEPT:
social class; whether the grandparent is middle or upper class.
