Test Bank Ch.11 Middle Adulthood (Ages 36 To 60)

Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood (Ages 36 to 60)

1. Question: During _____, production of estrogen by the ovaries declines dramatically, and this decline produces uncomfortable symptoms in some women.

Choices:

a. menarche

b. menopause

c. pregnancy

d. postpartum

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: By age _____, visible aging signs are apparent, such as small localized areas of pigmentation in the skin that produce age spots, especially in areas that are exposed to sunlight, such as hands and face.

Choices:

a. 40

b. 30

c. 25

d. 20

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: Testosterone production in men begins to decline about _____%a year during middle adulthood, and sperm count usually shows a decline.

Choices:

a. 10

b. 1

c. 20

d. 5

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: Which of the following is likely to impact secondary aging?

Choices:

a. frequent exercise

b. organ failure

c. genetics

d. unhealthy eating

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: The anxieties of middle adulthood result largely from _____.

Choices:

a. weight gain

b. reduced interest in sexual activity

c. difficulties in balancing multiple roles

d. perception of physical appearance

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Balancing Life, Family, and Work

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____ occurs as result of too many demands and expectations to be handled in the time allowed.

Choices:

a. Role spillover

b. Role conflict

c. Role overload

d. Role integration

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Balancing Life, Family, and Work

Question type: MC

1. Question: Jung describes _____ as the common desire to prolong youth and restrain oneself from crossing the threshold into maturity.

Choices:

a. crystallization

b. female menopause

c. male menopause

d. neurotic disturbances in adults

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Midlife Crisis or Midlife Transition

Question type: MC

1. Question: Jacques suggested that _____ is driven by fear of impending death.

Choices:

a. female neurosis

b. midlife crisis

c. adult depressive disorder

d. NSSI

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Triggers to Midlife Crisis and Transition

Question type: MC

1. Question: The center of _____’s theory is_____, which is described as the underlying pattern of a person's life at any particular time.

Choices:

a. Levinson, life structure

b. Jung, archetype

c. Erikson, transition

d. Gilligan, identity

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Midlife Crisis: A Normal Transitional Stage in Life

Question type: MC

1. Question: According, to Erikson, _____ represents a lethargic stance toward the world and is most commonly seen during middle adulthood.

Choices:

a. isolation

b. stagnation

c. generativity

d. role confusion

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Stagnation During Midlife

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____ is positively associated with the personality characteristic of _____, indicating high levels of worry.

Choices:

a. Stagnation, neuroticism

b. Social acceptance, neuroticism

c. Stagnation, extraversion

d. Extraversion, self-control

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Stagnation During Midlife

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____ is constructed within the individual but continually influenced by the interaction among and between people, the environment, and society.

Choices:

a. Self-esteem

b. Self-efficacy

c. Cultural identity

d. Generativity

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Cultural Identity

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____ may be manifested by not acknowledging any positive contributions people make or are making in their place of employment or membership associations.

Choices:

a. Racism

b. Prejudice

c. Covert discrimination

d. Overt discrimination

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Coping with Covert Discrimination

Question type: MC

1. Question: Perceived _____ in the workplace has been associated with _____ in middle adulthood.

Choices:

a. racism, drug abuse

b. covert discrimination, multiple health problems

c. age discrimination, suicide

d. gender discrimination, NSSI

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Coping with Covert Discrimination

Question type: MC

1. Question: Which of the following is one of the categories of stress during midlife, according to Keyes and Ryff?

Choices:

a. sexual

b. physical

c. economic

d. social

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Counseling Issues

Question type: MC

1. Question: The process of _____ has been referred to as the beginning of the midlife crisis.

Choices:

a. reexamination

b. reorganization

c. generativity

d. stagnation

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: A Period of Recent Recognition

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____ includes the changes that are inevitable and happen to everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, or socioeconomic status.

Choices:

a. Stagnation

b. Tertiary aging

c. Primary aging

d. Secondary aging

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____ have shown significantly _____ interest in methods of rejuvenation such as cosmetic plastic surgery and the use of Botox.

Choices:

a. Middle-aged individuals, decreased

b. Young adults, decreased

c. Late adolescents, increased

d. Middle-aged individuals, increased

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: _____, verbal memory, inductive reasoning, and adulthood orientation _____ in middle adulthood.

Choices:

a. Deductive reasoning, decline

b. Vocabulary, improve

c. Numerical ability, decline

d. Perceptual speed, improve

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Cognitive Changes

Question type: MC

1. Question: Intellectual abilities such as numerical ability and perceptual speed decline in middle age.

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Cognitive Changes

Question type: TF

1. Question: It is normal for individuals to sense their place on the social ladder during middle adulthood.

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Socioeconomic Status

Question type: TF

1. Question: The association between depression and socioeconomic indicators diminishes significantly through the phases of middle adulthood.

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Socioeconomic Status

Question type: TF

1. Question: Somatic stress is due to physical evidences of aging.

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Counseling Issues

Question type: TF

1. Question: Selective optimization processes can enable the resilient middle-age adult to draw on social and psychological resources to compensate for biological decline.

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Counseling Issues

Question type: TF

1. Question: Middle-age men are at higher risk for physical and emotional maltreatment, loneliness, and isolation than middle-age women.

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Counseling Issues

Question type: TF

1. Question: Women undergo menopause between the ages of 50 and 60, limiting the reproduction years along with other physical and psychological consequences.

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Physical Changes

Question type: TF

1. Question: During midlife, significant intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual growth is still developing and available to the individual.

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: The Central Theme of Middle Adulthood

Question type: TF

1. Question: Explain each of the competencies that Sue and Sue suggest are required by the culturally skilled counselor when working with middle age adults.

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Cultural Competence Practice

Question type: SA

1. Question: Describe how counselors working with individuals in middle adulthood can help their clients to focus, clarify, and find possible solutions for their dilemmas.

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Balancing Life, Family, and Work

Question type: SA

1. Question: Discuss the benefits of becoming culturally responsive.

• Increased level of comfort with members of different cultures
• Increased knowledge of own culture
• Increase in freedom to explore other ways of knowing and being
• Discovery of passions and interests that complement current interests
• Increase capacity to work with members of diverse cultures
• Increase resources and knowledge for professional identity

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Benefits of Becoming Culturally Responsive (Table 11.1)

Question type: SA