test one

life course

a 35 year old woman feels concerned about her career bc she believes that by this age she should have advanced further than she has by now. her concern would be best explained by which theoretical approach to understanding development

maintaining a stable view of self despite the change

a person using the process of identity balance would have which reaction to age related changes in physical functioning

the influence we have on our environment

according to the reciporical model of development our life footprint reflects which process

it cannot be manipulated by the experimenter

age cannot be used as an independent variable in developmental research bc

psychological

changes over time in peoples thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they cope with the physical changes involved in aging fall into which domain of the biopsychosocial perspetive toward aging?

cohort

classifying groups of ppl studied in developmental research based on when they were born involves distinctions based on which type of categorization

time of measurement

on november 9 2016 a researcher surveyed well being among young adults primarily african american and hispanic registered democrats. the study was planned in september 2016 but the data were not collected until the day after the election. what might be a factor affecting the results of the study

between the ages of 75-84

people referred to as old old have which specific chracteristic

identifying with the work ethic

people who resolve the industry vs inferiority issue associated with eriksons psychosocial theory unfavorably are likely to have difficulty in which area of development

cohort

the fact that the greatest generation was raised in the 1930s leading them to share a certain sociocultural influences is an example of which factor affecting developmental research resuts

mechanistic

the greatest emphasis on the environment is associated with which model of development

social clock

the idea of being on time or off time in achieving major life goals in considering an important element of adjustment in the ___ model

individuality matter

the idea that people become more difficult from each other as they grow older is known as the principle that

psychological

the index of age that represents a persons functioning on measures such as intelligence, memory, and learning ability is called____ age

stepwise

the multiple threshold model of aging predicts that people will experience challenges to their identities as they got older in a __ manner

health span

the number of years a person can expect to live with relatively little disablity is known as

life span

the view that development is best viewed as continuous throughout life is referred to as the ____ perspecitve

becoming a grandparent

which of the following would be considered a social age related factor in the biopsychosocial perspective?

biopsychosocial perspective

your good friends grandmother finds it difficult to get around bc she suffers from considerable pain while walking. as a result, she has become somewhat socially isolated and is quite unhappy with her situation. what concept best captures the grandmother's current situation?

interindividual differences

75 year old mrs a has difficulty with her vision due to cataracts but her friends mrs b also 75 can see perfectly. however mrs b arthritis makes it difficult for her to walk while mrs a recently ran a senior marathon. this example illustrates which principle of adult development and aging?

videogaming training

researchers studying the effects of videogame training on the cognitive abilities of older adults expose separate groups of male and female participants to a training condition and two other groups to a no training condition in a performance on a cognitive test. they then conduct a similar comparison involving male and female younger adults. in this study the only true independent variable is