Exam 3, Dev Psych

which of the following statements is true of work in midlife?

age related declines occur in some occupations such as air traffic controllers and professional athletes

it is observed that respect for older adults is greater in _____________ cultures than in ___________ cultures

collectivistic; individualistic

verbal memory

jeanette, a 60-year old woman, participates in a competition in which the participants are asked to memorize a list of words and then recall them in the same order in less than 2 minutes. In this competition, the participant who recalls the max number of words in the right order will be the winnder. Unfortunately, Jeanette is not able to recall more than 10 words. In the context of the Seattle Longitudinal Study, Jeannette is most likely showing a decline in the mental age referred to as

He placed a high value on emotional satisfaction

jeremy is 84 years old. since the age of 78, jeremy deliberately reduced contact with his distant relatives and former work colleagues. he now maintains contact only with close family members and friends. in the context of laura carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory, which of the following was most likely the reason for Jeremy's decision to withdraw from social contract?

reached a stable point in his career

kyle just celebrated his 40th birthday. according to Levinson, Kyle has

separation anxiety

other than pining for the lost person, which of the following is another dimension of grief over death?

the Seattle Longitudinal Study concluded that middle age is a time of

peak performance for verbal ability

episodic

remembering where a person went on vacation last summer is an example of ___________ memory

denial and isolation

"No, it can't be me. It's not possible," thinks Clara when she hears the news of her terminal illness. In this scenario, Clara is in which of the following Kubler-Ross 's stages of dying?

compensation

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

telomeres

According to cellular clock theory, after about 70 to 80 replications, the cell can no longer reproduce and the _________ are dramatically reduced.

Oregon

Active euthanasia is legal in the state of

extraversion

Chelsea is described as somber and reversed by her coworkers. According to the Big Five Factors of personality, Chelsea is most likely to score low on

crisis

Daniel Levinson's studies suggest that most adults feel that middle age is a time of

cancer

Felicia is a 70-year-old American woman. Her doctor should be most concerned about her developing __________, the leading cause of death in her age group.

engage in mutual activities

Humberto and Xanat are a middle-aged couple. They have been married for 25 years. They view their marriage as a positive experience. According to a study by Gorchoff, John, and Helson, it is likely that they

looking forward to death

Robert Butler states that life review is set in motion by

selection

Selective optimization with compensation theory proposes that successful aging is related to three main factors. Which of these factors is based on the concept that older adults have a reduced capacity and loss of functioning, which require a reduction in performance in most life domains?

fight-or-flight manner

adam has been facing work-related stress lately. the stress is negatively affecting his health. adam is likely to respond in a

selective

Zack is having a conversation with his friend Ben in a crowded room. Despite the presence of many voices around him, Zack focuses on what Ben is saying. This is an example of ___________ attention

denial

_________ can be used to avoid the destructive impact of shock by delaying the necessity of dealing with one's death

climacteric

____________ is a term that is used to describe the midlife transition in which fertility declines.

openness

a study by briley, domiteaux, and tucker-drob (2014) revealed that ____________ was related to superior cognitive functioning and IQ across the life span.

making sense

a study of more than 1,000 college students by Currier, Holland, and Neimeyer found that __________ was an important factor in their grieving of a violent loss by accident, homicide, or suicide.

a transition from dependence to independence

according to Levinson, which of the following should occur at then of one's teens?

growth of dendrites increased

according to a study by Coleman that compared the brains of adults at various ages, from the 40s through the 70s, the

low socioeconomic status

according to a study by Domenech-Abella and other, which of the following is linked to increased risk of earlier death in older adults?

older adults

according to aging expert Laura Carstensen, who among the following tend to experience less intense positive emotions with new friends and equal levels of positive emotions with established?

working memory

according to cognitive aging expert Denise Park, the slowdown in learning new information has been linked to changes in

reproductive fitness

according to evolutionary theory, natural selection is linked to ___________, which is present in the earlier part of adulthood

bargaining

according to kubler-ross, ______________ is the first stage of dying in which a person develops the hope that death can somehow be postponed or delayed

an individual is able to think clearly

an advance directive, such as a living will, must be signed when

the medical system is still based on a "cure" rather than a "care" model

considering the fact that many of the health problems of older adults are chronic rather than acute, which of the following is likely to be a concern about the medical system?

post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms

delilah lost her husband Hendricks in a highway accident. Being just 3 years into marriage, she was devastated, 4 months later, she was hassled by problems such as intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, sleep disturbance, and problems in concentrating. Delilah is probably experiencing

meaning-making coping

drawing beliefs, values, and goals to change the meaning of a stress situation is known as

critics claim that funeral directors are just trying to make money and that embalming is grotesque

identify a criticism about the funeral industry in the U.S.

openness to experience

identify the Big Five personality factor that described whether an individual is independent or conforming

40

in the respiratory system, lung capacity drops ___________ percent between the ages of 20 and 80, even when disease is not present

high-pitched; men

sensitivity to __________ sounds usually declines first among ____________.

Stem Cell Regeneration

telomeres and telomerase are increasingly thought to be key components of the __________ process, providing a possible avenue to restrain cancer and delay aging

contemporary

the ______ life events approach emphasized the manner in which life events that influence an individual's development depends not only on these events but also on mediating factors

loses; gains

the average adult in middle adulthood ___________ height and _____________ weight.

"use it or lose it"

the concept of ____________ emphasizes that changes in cognitive activity patterns might result in disuse and consequent atrophy of cognitive skills

placed too much emphasis on change

the life-events approach to understanding adult development has been criticized because it

depth perception

the vision of older adults can be affected by age-related changes. one of these , which can make steps or street curbs difficult to manage, is a decline in

as adults become older, their age identity is younger than their chronological age

which of the following is a consistent finding regarding age identity?

he argued that examining the finiteness of our existence and the certainty of death adds meaning to life.

which of the following statements is true of Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl?

socioemotional selectivity theory

which of the following theories challenges the stereotype that older adults are in despair because of social isolation?

socioemotional selectivity theory

which of the following theories explains why older adults spend most of their time with familiar individuals and family?

rigor mortis

which of the following was considered to be a clear sign of death in the past?