Final quiz
_____ refers to a legal document that reflects the patient's advance care planning.
Living will
Compared to middle age, which of the following best describes late middle age for many?
Losses may begin to outnumber gains
Which of the following is NOT one of the five big personality traits identified by Costa and McCrae?
Adaptability
Which of the following is a consistent finding regarding age identity?
As adults become older their age identity is younger than their chronological age.
_____ theory states that cells can divide a maximum of about 75 to 80 times, and that as we age our cells become less capable of dividing.
Cellular clock
_____ encompasses adults' desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation.
Generativity
"No, it can't be me. It's not possible," thinks Clara, when she hears the news of her terminal illness. Which of Kübler-Ross' stages of dying is Clara currently in?
Denial and isolation
Which of the following biological reasons explains women's increased resistance to infections and degenerative diseases?
Estrogen production and the additional X chromosome
Angelique is in the terminal stages of cancer. She feels that the pain has now become unbearable, so she requests her doctor to end her life painlessly through medication. Which of the following acts is Angelique requesting her doctor to perform?
Euthanasia
Which of the following biological theories of aging states that people age because their cells' normal metabolism produces unstable oxygen molecules?
Free-radical theory
The _____ is involved in memory.
Hippocampus
Severe reductions in the production of dopamine have been linked with:
Parkinson's disease
Other than pining for the lost person, which of the following is another dimension of grief over death?
Separation anxiety
Which of the following statements about lung capacity in middle-age is true?
Stiffening of the chest wall decreases the lungs' capacity to shuttle oxygen.
Which of the following is an advantage of a dying individual knowing that he or she is dying?
The person has time to reflect on his or her life and make decisions about dying.
The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina is referred to as _____ of the eye.
accommodation
As a minister, being conscientious about the welfare of her parishioners, Reverend Douglas creates many roles in her church for retired church members. Reverend Douglas appears to be applying:
activity theory.
Older adults not being hired for new jobs, being eased out of old ones because they are perceived as too rigid or feeble-minded, and being eased out because they are not considered cost effective are examples of:
ageism
Brain death occurs when:
all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time.
Nowadays, the main causes of death in middle adulthood in the United States are:
chronic diseases
The _____ life-events approach emphasized the manner in which life events influence an individual's development depends not only on these events but also on mediating factors.
contemporary
When men face stress, they are more likely to respond in a:
fight or flight manner
Levinson sees the twenties as a(n) _____ phase of adult development.
novice
The type of care that is designed to reduce pain and suffering and help individuals die with dignity is known as:
palliative care
Turning off a respirator or a heart-lung machine is an example of _____ euthanasia.
passive
Delilah lost her husband Hendricks to a bloody highway accident. Being just three years into marriage, she was devastated. Four months later, she was hassled by problems such as intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, sleep disturbance, problems in concentrating. Delilah is probably experiencing _____.
post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms
All of the following are part of the life review process EXCEPT:
projecting future life experiences.
Stacy is a director of a senior center. Every week she leads a group where the elders discuss past activities and experiences. The members of the group are encouraged to share anecdotes, old pictures, and other family memorabilia that remind them of significant events in their past.
reminiscence therapy.
Life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes and his colleagues believe that successful aging is related to three main factors:
selection, optimization, and compensation.
An advanced directive/living will must be signed when:
when an individual is able to think clearly.