Question 1

Identify Erikson's developmental stage that individuals experience in adolescence.

Accepted Answer

A)   Generativity vs.stagnation
B)   Autonomy vs.shame
C)   Identity vs.confusion
D)   Intimacy vs.isolation

Question 2

What is the role of gender in relationships involving older adult parents and their children?

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Question 3

Erik Erikson believed that people who experience isolation and stagnation in earlier adulthood are more likely to experience _____ in later adulthood.

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A)   despair
B)   inferiority
C)   shame and doubt
D)   identity diffusion

Question 4

Describe the changes that occur in a traditional couple during the final stage of the marriage process and how they adjust to these changes.

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Question 5

What are the typical effects of ageism?

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Question 6

Which of the following is the most frequent form of ageism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Assumptions about frailty of older adults
B)   Assumptions about ailments caused by age
C)   Disrespect for older adults
D)   Older adults being edged out of their family life

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)   anger
B)   ambivalence
C)   apathy
D)   abuse

Question 8

Identify the social support model that says that individuals go through life embedded in a personal network of individuals from who they give and receive social support.

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Question 9

Which of the following is prominent in Erikson's final stage of integrity versus despair?

Accepted Answer

A)   Life review
B)   Identity resolution
C)   Integrity formation
D)   Struggle for independence

Question 10

Which of the following is referred to as the final stage in the marriage process?

Accepted Answer

A)   The time between marriage and impending divorce
B)   The time when the last child leaves home
C)   The time from retirement until death
D)   The time when older parents move into their children's homes

Question 11

Robert Butler states that life review is set in motion by:

Accepted Answer

A)   retrospective glances on life's worth.
B)   looking forward to death.
C)   handing over the legacy to the next generation.
D)   conflicting views of wisdom against integrity.

Question 12

Which of the following is Erikson's eighth stage of development?

Accepted Answer

A)   Generativity vs.stagnation
B)   Integrity vs.despair
C)   Industry vs.inferiority
D)   Autonomy vs.shame

Question 13

Joaquin believes that older adults deliberately withdraw from social contact with individuals peripheral to their lives while maintaining or increasing contact with close friends and family members with whom they have had enjoyable relationships.He is a proponent of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   activity
B)   selective optimization with compensation
C)   socioemotional selectivity
D)   social discontinuity

Question 14

In order to maintain his status as an admired pianist,the late Arthur Rubinstein during his old age,used special strategies,such as slowing down before fast segments,thus creating the image of faster playing.Which factor of Baltes' theory does this reflect?

Accepted Answer

A)   Selection
B)   Optimization
C)   Organization
D)   Compensation

Question 15

According to Erikson,the positive resolution of which developmental stage culminates an acceptance of the course of one's life and unfulfilled hopes in old age?

Accepted Answer

A)   Generativity vs.stagnation
B)   Basic trust vs.mistrust
C)   Industry vs.inferiority
D)   Intimacy vs.isolation

Question 16

According to Erikson,the positive resolution of which developmental stage culminates in appreciation of interdependence and relatedness in old age?

Accepted Answer

A)   Generativity vs.stagnation
B)   Basic trust vs.mistrust
C)   Integrity vs.despair
D)   Intimacy vs.isolation

Question 17

The _____ issue raises questions about whether the young should be required to pay for the old.

Accepted Answer

A)   ageist culture
B)   generational equity
C)   social justice
D)   economic equity

Question 18

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of industry vs.inferiority?

Accepted Answer

A)   Fidelity
B)   Wisdom
C)   Competence
D)   Love

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the living arrangements of older adults is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   More than two-thirds of older women 75 years and older live alone.
B)   The older people become,the greater are their odds for living alone.
C)   Less than half of older adults live with family members.
D)   Almost half of older adults are residents in institutions,such as hospitals,mental hospitals,and nursing homes.

Question 20

According to Paul Baltes and his colleagues,which of the following is an effective selection strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Keep working on what you have planned until you are successful.
B)   Persevere and keep trying until you reach your goal.
C)   Focus on the most important goal at a particular time.
D)   When things do not go the way they used to,search for other ways to achieve what you want.

Exam 19: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

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

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Describe the changes that occur in a traditional couple during the final stage of the marriage process and how they adjust to these changes.

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Which of the following is Erikson's eighth stage of development?

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Identify Erikson's developmental stage that individuals experience in adolescence.

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Which of the following is prominent in Erikson's final stage of integrity versus despair?

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According to Erikson,the positive resolution of which developmental stage culminates in appreciation of interdependence and relatedness in old age?

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Which of the following is the most frequent form of ageism?

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According to Erikson,the positive resolution of which developmental stage culminates an acceptance of the course of one's life and unfulfilled hopes in old age?

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Joaquin believes that older adults deliberately withdraw from social contact with individuals peripheral to their lives while maintaining or increasing contact with close friends and family members with whom they have had enjoyable relationships.He is a proponent of _____.

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In order to maintain his status as an admired pianist,the late Arthur Rubinstein during his old age,used special strategies,such as slowing down before fast segments,thus creating the image of faster playing.Which factor of Baltes' theory does this reflect?

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Which of the following is referred to as the final stage in the marriage process?

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Which of the following statements about the living arrangements of older adults is true?

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Identify the social support model that says that individuals go through life embedded in a personal network of individuals from who they give and receive social support.

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The _____ issue raises questions about whether the young should be required to pay for the old.

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Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of industry vs.inferiority?

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Erik Erikson believed that people who experience isolation and stagnation in earlier adulthood are more likely to experience _____ in later adulthood.

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According to Paul Baltes and his colleagues,which of the following is an effective selection strategy?

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What are the typical effects of ageism?

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Robert Butler states that life review is set in motion by:

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What is the role of gender in relationships involving older adult parents and their children?

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