CH 19 Game

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

Activity theory

In late adulthood, new friendships are more likely to be forged, although some adults don't seek out new friendships, especially following the death of a spouse.

False

_____ percent of women 75 years and older live alone.

Fifty

Which of the following is true of the usage of Internet among older adults?

Increasing numbers of older adults use e-mail to communicate with relatives.

________________________________ is Erikson's eighth and final stage of development, which individuals experience during late adulthood.

Integrity vs. despair

Which of the following is most likely to be the reason why, according to the socioemotional selectivity theory, older adults deliberately increase the time spent with close friends and family members?

They place a high value on emotional satisfaction

Researchers have found that relationships between aging parents and their children are characterized by:

ambivalence.

In 2010, _____ percent of older adults were cohabiting.

three

________________ is linked to having a longer life.

Altruism

According to new studies, which of the Big Five factors of personality was linked to increased risk of older adults' developing Alzheimer disease across a six-year time frame?

High level of neuroticism

________________ older adults are often happier than ________________ older adults.

Married; single

________________ ________________ are what individuals might become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming.

Possible selves

Perceived control over the environment and the ability to produce positive outcomes

Self-efficacy

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 is referred to as the final stage in the marriage process?

The time from retirement until death

According to Erikson, the positive resolution of the conflict of generativity vs. stagnation culminates in _____ in old age.

caring for others, and empathy and concern

The personality traits of conscientiousness and agreeableness __________________ in late adulthood.

decrease

Older adults have ________________ attachment relationships than young adults.

fewer

Erikson believed that elderly adults use their impending death as a motivation to look back and evaluate their life. This form of retrospection is what many theorists call:

life review.

Ageism is...

prejudice against others because of their age.