Exam Questions Ch9 Gender Roles, Gender Identity, And Sexual - Test Bank | Challenges of Life Psychology 14e by Spencer A. Rathus. DOCX document preview.
Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Nevid & Rathus, Adjustment Psychology 14th Edition
Chapter Number: Chapter 09
Question type: Multiple-Choice
1) A hypothesized period of development that bridges adolescence and full adulthood and is characterized by extended role exploration before the assumption of full adult responsibilities is ______.
a) the age 20 transition
b) emerging adulthood
c) young adulthood
d) primary adulthood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
2) Emerging adulthood refers to a period of development spanning the ages from ______.
a) 12 to 18
b) 18 to 25
c) 25 to 31
d) 31 to 38
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
3) Which of these people is most likely to experience a period called emerging adulthood?
a) Marjorie, whose parents are financially secure and can help pay for her college education.
b) Jamie, who has found out that he will not be offered a scholarship to play football, and as a result will not be able to attend college.
c) Karyn, who lives in a culture where women are expected to get married and begin having children by their late teenage years.
d) Donald, who lives in a town where poverty is severe and there are very few work opportunities for those who are finishing high school.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
4) Research by Arnett found that most Americans have about ___ different jobs between the ages of 20 and 29 years.
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 12
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
5) Currently, emerging adults tend to have a(n) ______ bias about their futures.
a) cynical
b) pessimistic
c) apathetic
d) optimistic
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
6) What is meant by the following sentence: “People are exceptionally self-focused during emerging adulthood.”
a) During this time of life people are typically very selfish and self-centered.
b) People are less mature once they are free from the influence of their parents.
c) People spend these years caring only about themselves and can be dismissive of others’ needs.
d) People are free to make decisions and choices that they could make during childhood or adolescence.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
7) Early adulthood covers the age range of ______.
a) 18 to 25
b) 20 to 30
c) 25 to 45
d) 30 to 60
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
8) Middle adulthood spans the years from ______.
a) 30 to 45
b) 30 to65
c) 40 to 50 or 60
d) 45 to 60 or 65
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
9) According to your text, late adulthood begins at age ______.
a) 60
b) 65
c) 70
d) 75
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
10) Most of us reach our physical peaks in ______.
a) adolescence
b) emerging adulthood
c) early adulthood
d) middle adulthood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
11) Middle adulthood is characterized by ______.
a) dramatic major physical decline
b) gradual minor physical decline
c) no loss of physical ability
d) peak physical ability
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
12) For the average woman, menopause lasts for about ________.
a) 6 months
b) 1 year
c) 2 years
d) 4 years
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
13) Which of the following phenomena in female reproduction lasts the longest?
a) the climacteric
b) perimenopause
c) menarche
d) menopause
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
14) Menopause usually occurs during the ______.
a) late thirties to early forties
b) early to late forties
c) late forties to early fifties
d) early to late fifties
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
15) The cessation of menstruation in females is called ______.
a) the climacteric
b) menarche
c) midlife crisis
d) menopause
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
16) For women the “change of life” refers to ______.
a) the climacteric
b) menarche
c) midlife crisis
d) menopause
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
17) A disease characterized by a loss bone density and a resulting brittleness of the bones is called ______.
a) scoliosis
b) osteoporosis
c) conjunctivitis
d) rheumatoid arthritis
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
18) Barbara is 73 years of age, and has a condition commonly associated with older women that has led to a curvature of her upper spine. As a result, she has a hunched appearance and has to take vitamin supplements to try to prevent the condition from accelerating. Barbara has ________.
a) psoriatic arthritis
b) rheumatoid arthritis
c) osteoporosis
d) amyloidosis
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
19) Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, has been found in some studies to increase a woman’s chance of developing _________ cancer.
a) breast
b) pancreatic
c) uterine
d) colorectal
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
20) Shondra has been experiencing vaginal dryness associated with menopause. Her physician suggests that creams or other interventions that contain the hormone ________ might help to reduce this symptom.
a) oxytocin
b) testosterone
c) progestin
d) estrogen
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
21) The drop-off in male sex-hormones levels in men that occurs in middle age is referred to as ______.
a) menopause
b) andropause
c) the climacteric
d) dyspareunia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
22) In men, testosterone production declines at a rate of about 1 percent per year beginning at about age ______ years.
a) 20
b) 30
c) 40
d) 50
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
23) A diet rich in calcium and vitamin ______ can help ward off bone loss in aging men and women.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
24) Testosterone replacement therapy is related to each of the following EXCEPT increased ______.
a) strength and energy
b) sex drive
c) loss of bone mass
d) risk of prostate cancer
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
25) Paternal age is associated with all but which of the following complications associated with pregnancy?
a) preeclampsia
b) autism in children
c) birth defects
d) gestational diabetes
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
26) A woman with no history of diabetes may develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, and this risk increases as
a) the mother’s age is lower.
b) the father’s age increases.
c) the number of children she has already had increases.
d) the pregnancy progresses.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
27) Research indicates that we reach the height of our cognitive powers during ______.
a) childhood
b) adolescence
c) early adulthood
d) middle adulthood
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
28) People obtain their highest intelligence test scores in ______.
a) adolescence
b) young adulthood
c) middle adulthood
d) late adulthood
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
29) One’s lifetime of intellectual attainments, such as vocabulary and accumulated facts about world affairs, is known as ______ intelligence.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) crystallized
d) fluid
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
30) One’s mental flexibility, as demonstrated by the ability to learn new tasks rapidly or solve problems in new areas of endeavor, is known as ______ intelligence.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) crystallized
d) fluid
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
31) At work, George shows great ability to solve the routine day-to-day problems that arise as part of his job duties. He is demonstrating a high level of ______ intelligence.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) crystallized
d) fluid
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
32) At work, Janice shows great ability at figuring out solutions to crises that arise unexpectedly in which her normal, everyday strategies, and experiences are not useful. She is demonstrating a high level of ______ intelligence.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) crystallized
d) fluid
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
33) Research indicates that as we age, crystallized intelligence ______ and fluid intelligence ______.
a) decreases, decreases
b) increases, decreases
c) decreases, increases
d) increases, increases
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
34) The elderly show the greatest drop-off in cognitive abilities on items ______.
a) requiring deductive reasoning
b) requiring memorization
c) that require speed and visual-spatial skills
d) involving moral judgments
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
35) According to the research of K. Warner Schaie (1994), the area of cognitive ability that declines the most through middle adulthood and into the older years is ________.
a) numeric ability
b) spatial orientation
c) verbal memory
d) inductive reasoning
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
36) Levinson believes that during our early twenties we ______, which serves as a blueprint for our lives and is characterized by the drive to leave our mark in history.
a) establish a behavior pattern
b) adopt a dream
c) develop a long-term life plan
d) develop a personal style
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
37) Levinson’s term for the overriding drive of youth to become someone important, to leave one’s mark on history, is ______.
a) self-actualization
b) self-efficacy
c) the dream
d) the goal
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
38) An overprotective parenting style that is marked by intrusive involvement, such as calling too often or following one’s children on social media, is called ________ parenting.
a) hovering
b) helicopter
c) meshlike
d) “in your face”
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
39) Keyonna is in college and lives 3 hours from her parents. Her mother calls or texts her at least 5 or 6 times a day, and Keyonna finds this intrusive. She has asked her mother for some space, but the pattern of behavior continues. Keyonna is experiencing _______ from her mother.
a) passive aggression
b) codependency
c) sandwiching
d) helicopter parenting
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
40) 18-year old Remus got an F in his psychology class, so his father emailed and called the professor demanding an explanation for the grade. When the response he got was unacceptable he took his son to the professor’s office and insisted on a conference. Remus’s father is demonstrating ________ parenting instead of letting his son experience and learn from his failures.
a) hovering
b) helicopter
c) individuated
d) complementary
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
41) At which age did Erikson feel the major conflict was one of intimacy versus isolation?
a) adolescence
b) young adulthood
c) middle adulthood
d) late adulthood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
42) Chuck is 25 years old. According to Erikson's theory, with which of the following is he MOST likely to be struggling?
a) identity versus role diffusion
b) intimacy versus isolation
c) ego integrity versus despair
d) generativity versus stagnation
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
43) According to Erikson, the central task of young adulthood is ______.
a) the development of intimate relationships
b) the establishment of a stable career path
c) the ability to contribute meaningfully to society
d) the establishment of a strong, stable self-image
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
44) According to Erikson, young adults who do not reach out to develop intimate relationships risk ______.
a) retreating into isolation and loneliness
b) falling into stagnation
c) retreating into neuroticism
d) developing feelings of guilt and inferiority
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
45) Erikson believed that we are not capable of committing ourselves to others until we have achieved ______.
a) role diffusion
b) self-actualization
c) generativity
d) ego identity
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
46) Erikson believed that teenage marriages suffer higher divorce rates because ______.
a) of too much parental interference into how married teenagers run their marriage
b) they cannot meet the financial obligations that marriage usually entails
c) they have not established their own sense of personality identity or stability
d) they went into marriage demanding perfection from each other
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
47) The process by which one separates from one’s parents psychologically is called ______.
a) diffusion
b) individuation
c) isolation
d) identity moratorium
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
48) 16-year old Marla has always thought that he’d want to go to medical school because her mother is a physician. Lately, however, she is more interested in politics and has thought that she may want to do that for a living. She is actively exploring this area, and is moving away from her mother’s career path. This is an example of ________.
a) identity foreclosure
b) individuation
c) selective optimization
d) compensation
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
49) Research on development in young adulthood suggests that men's development tends to be guided by needs for ______.
a) power over others
b) separation and individuation
c) emotional security
d) satisfactory relationships
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
50) Research on development in young adulthood suggests that women's development tends to be guided by ______.
a) needs for power and control over their spouses
b) individuation and autonomy from their parents
c) needs for emotional security that comes from a career
d) needs to establish and maintain social relationships
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
51) In Levinson’s model, the underlying pattern of a person’s life at any given stage is called their life ________. This includes relationships, career and economic status, race and ethnicity, and religion.
a) dream
b) microsystem
c) map
d) structure
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
52) According to Levinson, the second half of the thirties is characterized by ______.
a) settling down or planting roots
b) an increase in the number of people making long-term career changes
c) increased risk-taking
d) the same fears that characterized the first half of the thirties, only worse
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
53) The average number of children a woman must have in order to maintain the population is called the ________ level.
a) offspring
b) stability
c) replenishment
d) replacement
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
54) The average age at which a woman has her first child is the highest for women:
a) with a college degree.
b) who were not married.
c) who were married.
d) who identify as non-heterosexual.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
55) For Erikson, the stage of generativity versus stagnation occurs during ______.
a) adolescence
b) young adulthood
c) middle adulthood
d) late adulthood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
56) For Erikson, the process of contributing to children’s development or the betterment of society in general is called ______.
a) ego integrity
b) individuation
c) identity diffusion
d) generativity
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
57) Evidence indicates that generativity tends to peak during ______.
a) adolescence
b) early adulthood
c) midlife
d) late adulthood
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
58) Ivan is 48 years old. He prefers to just let time pass by, maintaining the status quo rather than using his talents to move forward and try new activities. Erikson would say he is experiencing ______.
a) role diffusion
b) stagnation
c) isolation
d) autonomy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
59) According to Levinson, there is a midlife transition at about ages ______.
a) 45–50
b) 40–45
c) 35–40
d) 30–35
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Learning Objective 2: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
60) The point in people's lives where they shift from viewing themselves in of years already lived to viewing themselves in terms of years left to live is called ______.
a) the age-30 transition
b) midlife transition
c) midlife crisis
d) the age-50 transition
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
61) The personality trait that declines the most through one’s older years tends to be ________.
a) conscientiousness
b) agreeableness
c) extraversion
d) neuroticism
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
62) The feeling of anxiety related to one’s mortality that afflicts many middle-aged adults is called ______.
a) an identity crisis
b) midlife transition
c) midlife crisis
d) the phi phenomenon
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
63) In regard to empty-nest syndrome, each of the following is true EXCEPT ______.
a) many mothers report increases in marital satisfaction and self-confidence after the children have left home
b) it affects virtually all parents whose children leave home
c) the loss experienced during empty-nest syndrome affects both parents, not just the mother
d) the sense of loss experienced by parents tends to be offset by greater freedom and the ability to pursue their own interests
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
64) In 1900, one American in ______ was over age 65.
a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
65) By the year 2035, about one American in _____ will be over age 65.
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
66) Average life expectancy for American females is now about ______ years.
a) 66
b) 71
c) 78
d) 82
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
67) Average life expectancy for American males is now about ______ years.
a) 68
b) 72
c) 77
d) 81
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
68) The amount of time required to respond to a stimulus is called ______.
a) reaction time
b) response time
c) the absolute threshold
d) longevity
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
69) Which of the following does NOT represent a normal change that occurs with age among the elderly?
a) the immune system functions less effectively
b) the skin becomes less elastic
c) organ systems begin to deteriorate
d) senility begins to develop
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
70) To what does “GES” refer when discussing older adults?
a) grand educational sequence
b) a system of exercise designed to ward off physical decline
c) Good Enough Sex
d) getting empathy for situations
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
71) Osteoporosis in women is connected with long-term decreases in levels of ______.
a) testosterone
b) progesterone
c) estrogen
d) thyroxin
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
72) Lillith is going to the grocery store later, and is making a mental note of what she will need to buy. Then she is going to her doctor for a checkup. This remembering of what she has planned for the future is called ________ memory.
a) anterograde
b) prospective
c) retrograde
d) reflective
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
73) Most tasks we are likely to encounter in the workplace involve ______.
a) manifest intelligence
b) fluid intelligence
c) insight learning
d) crystallized intelligence
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
74) Creativity ______.
a) declines sharply as we age
b) declines moderately as we age
c) is not affected by age
d) increases moderately with age
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
75) A condition characterized by general deterioration of cognitive functioning is called ________.
a) delirium
b) a dissociative disorder
c) dementia
d) somatic symptom disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
76) An irreversible brain disease characterized by gradual deterioration in mental processes such as memory, language use, judgment, and problem solving, among others, is ______.
a) Parkinson's disease
b) Korsakoff's syndrome
c) Alzheimer's disease
d) Reye's syndrome
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
77) Portnoy is 75 years old. He is having increasing trouble remembering things. He has had increasing periods of disorientation and has gotten lost in his own house several times recently. He can still recall events from his childhood and early adulthood, but he has difficulty remembering recent events. He has symptoms of ______.
a) Parkinson's disease
b) Korsakoff's syndrome
c) Alzheimer's disease
d) Reye's syndrome
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
78) Alzheimer's is currently the ____ leading cause of death for adults over the age of 65.
a) 1st
b) 3rd
c) 5th
d) 7th
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
79) Alzheimer's is currently the ____ leading cause of death for all adults.
a) 2nd
b) 4th
c) 6th
d) 8th
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
80) The condition that is called a “funeral without end” due to its slow but insidious nature is ________ disease.
a) Huntington’s
b) Crohn’s
c) Parkinson’s
d) Alzheimer’s
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
81) According to Erikson, the crisis of integrity versus despair occurs during which life period?
a) adolescence
b) young adulthood
c) middle adulthood
d) late adulthood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
82) Nick is 78 years old. According to Erikson's theory, he is most likely struggling with ______.
a) ego identity versus role diffusion
b) ego integrity versus despair
c) generativity versus stagnation
d) intimacy versus isolation
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
83) Roberto has recently left his career and his now exploring hobbies for which he always which he had time. He spends a lot of time sailing, and is also going back to school to take classes in art and philosophy. According to Peck (1968) Roberto is demonstrating ego ________.
a) stagnation
b) transcendence
c) preoccupation
d) differentiation
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
84) Harito is 72 years old, and has recently put on some weight. “I really don’t care,” he says. “My doctor says I’m healthy, my wife still loves me, and I can buy some bigger shirts!” Harito has developed what Peck (1968) refers to as body ________.
a) differentiation
b) transcendence
c) preoccupation
d) integrity
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
85) Monica is 81 years of age, and after a lifetime of work has a nice financial nest egg saved up. She takes her money and holds back what she needs to live on, and puts the rest into savings accounts for her grandchildren’s college educations. In this way she is achieving what Peck (1968) referred to as ego ________.
a) generativity
b) differentiation
c) transcendence
d) identity
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
86) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross found that people commonly experience ______ stages in their reactions to news of impending death.
a) three
b) four
c) five
d) six
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
87) What is the proper sequential order for Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of reaction to news of impending death?
a) bargaining, denial, anger, final acceptance, depression
b) denial, anger, bargaining, depression, final acceptance
c) denial, anger, depression, bargaining, final acceptance
d) bargaining, anger, depression, denial, final acceptance
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
88) After finding out about a terminal illness diagnosis, Victoria insists that there must be some mistake and asks for a second opinion from another physician. According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Victoria is in the stage called ________.
a) anger
b) denial
c) bargaining
d) depression
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
89) Geno has learned that he has pancreatic cancer. He goes to his church and prays for more time, and swears to God that he will “do better if he is given the chance.” This is what Elisabeth Kübler-Ross would refer to as the stage of _______.
a) final acceptance
b) depression
c) denial
d) bargaining
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
90) After learning of her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease Ruth refuses to take part in any treatments. “I know that this is going to kill me, so I see no reason to fight it.” This response is typical of what Elisabeth Kübler-Ross would expect in the ________ stage of grief.
a) final acceptance
b) anger
c) denial
d) depression
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
91) According to Kübler-Ross, the inner peace that accompanies final acceptance of impending death ______.
a) masks devastating feelings of depression
b) resembles a serene inner contentment
c) is nearly devoid of feeling
d) only occurs among deeply religious people
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
92) Shneidman suggests that people's responses to impending death ______.
a) resemble Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages
b) are more individualistic than Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's model.
c) depend on their gender
d) depend on external factors such as familial support
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
93) A doctor gives a terminally ill patient high doses of morphine that will induce death painlessly (after the patient has requested death). This is called ______euthanasia.
a) positive
b) primary
c) negative
d) secondary
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
94) A doctor gives a terminally ill patient high doses of morphine that will induce death painlessly (after the patient has requested death). This is called ______ euthanasia.
a) active
b) primary
c) passive
d) secondary
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
95) A doctor denies a comatose, terminally ill cancer patient access to life-support systems and lets the patient die naturally. This is called ______ euthanasia.
a) positive
b) primary
c) negative
d) secondary
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
96) Allowing a terminally ill patient to die, even when the technology is present to prolong, but not save, the dying person's life, is called ______ euthanasia.
a) positive
b) primary
c) negative
d) secondary
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
97) The emotional state of longing and deprivation experienced after one experiences the death of a family member or close friend is called ______.
a) thanatopsis
b) denial
c) bereavement
d) diffusion
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
98) Which of the following is NOT one of the components of successful aging presented in your text?
a) focusing on what is important and meaningful
b) staying physically and mentally healthy
c) challenging oneself
d) withdrawing from all social obligations and commitments
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
Question type: True-False
99) All people in all cultures experience the stage of emerging adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
100) For most young Americans today, the transition to adulthood is marked by getting married and having children.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
101) Erik Erikson argued that late adolescence and emerging adulthood are essential the same thing, making the theory of emerging adulthood unnecessary.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
102) Arnett notes that most Americans experience several different jobs during their twenties.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
103) Most of us reach our physical peaks during our late teens.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
104) There is a dramatic decline in physical strength and ability during middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
105) Small doses of SSRI medication that are typically used to treat depression can be effective at reducing hot flashes for women experiencing menopause.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
106) According to Schaie, both fluid and crystallized intelligence continue to increase throughout middle and late adulthood.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
107) Women tend to lose their sexual desire at menopause.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
108) The climacteric is a multiyear process during which menstrual periods become irregular and eventually cease.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
109) Though men in later adulthood may father children, their children are more likely to experience birth defects as the paternal age increases.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
110) Memory functioning generally declines with age.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
111) We reach the height of our cognitive powers during middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
112) Both crystallized and fluid intelligence typically show equivalent decline with age.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
113) According to Erikson, achieving intimacy is the central task of young adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
114) According to Levinson, the late thirties are typically characterized by settling down.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
115) Havighurst’s model of developmental tasks was specifically formulated to address the different life trajectory that gay and lesbian individuals experience through young and middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
116) Research consistently finds that most people experience a midlife crisis at some point during middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
117) Erikson felt that middle adulthood is marked by a period of wanting to contribute to children’s development and the betterment of society in general.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
118) Older women, but not older men, experience a significant decrease in their interest in sex.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
119) Given the frequency with which it occurs, Alzheimer’s disease is now regarded as a normal and expected part of aging.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
120) Most of the elderly live with children, in institutions, or in retirement communities.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
121) After the death of a loved one, the greatest risk of suicide occurs in the first week after the loss.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one Difficulty: Easy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
122) The terminally ill undergo a predictable sequence of emotional and cognitive responses.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one Difficulty: Easy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
123) Bereavement and mourning are two different names for the same process.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
124) Euthanasia is also known as mercy killing.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
Question type: Essay
125) Explain what emerging adulthood is and why it differs from the period called “early” or “young” adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define emerging adulthood and discuss the social conditions that support it
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Emerging Adulthood
126) Compare and contrast the developmental theories of Erik Erikson and Daniel Levinson as they relate to the period of early adulthood.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
127) Compare and contrast the physical changes that occur in young, middle, and late adulthood.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in early adulthood, Erikson’s and Levinson’s views of the stages of adulthood, and the pleasures and stresses of parenthood
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Early Adulthood
128) Describe what menopause and the climacteric are and discuss how they affect women in middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
129) Explain whether or not there is a male equivalent of menopause and describe the physiological changes men experience during middle age.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
130) Compare and contrast cognitive development in young, middle, and late adulthood.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
131) Compare and contrast the developmental theories of Erik Erikson and Robert Peck as they relate to the period of middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
132) Compare and contrast social and personality development in young, middle, and late adulthood.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
133) Explain what the midlife transition, midlife crisis, and empty-nest syndrome are and how they affect male and female behavior in middle adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
134) Explain what empty-nest syndrome is and discuss what evidence there is to support or refute this concept.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in middle adulthood, with focus on menopause and the “sandwich generation”
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Middle Adulthood
135) Describe the physical and sexual functioning changes that occur in late adulthood.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
136) Describe cognitive development in late adulthood and identify the factors that contribute to intellectual functioning across the lifespan.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
137) Summarize the research on the prevalence, causes, and effects of Alzheimer’s disease. What can be done to treat and cope with Alzheimer’s disease?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
138) Describe personality and social development in late adulthood, and explain how the living arrangements of most elderly people differ from the stereotypes about them.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
139) Discuss the impact of retirement on older persons and present the reasons for the differences between happily retired persons and retired persons who deteriorate and are unhappy in their retirement.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
140) Identify Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of death and dying and discuss what evidence there is in support of or in rebuke to her theory.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
141) Define and give an example of active (positive) and passive (negative) euthanasia.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the leading causes of death in late adulthood, how people respond to impending death and to the loss of a loved one
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Death and Dying
142) Explain what is meant by the term “selective optimization with compensation” and give an example of how an older person might employ this strategy to enhance their life.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss physical, cognitive, and social and personality development in late adulthood, with focus on Alzheimer’s disease and on successful aging
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Late Adulthood
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