Exam 2: Theories of Aging: a Multidisciplinary Review for Occupational and Physical Therapists

Explanations that focus on the situations and problems that accumulate during the life span and cannot be understood separately from developmental experiences are considered to reflect:

A theory with particular relevance to occupational and physical therapy is:

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the purpose of theory in aging?

Psychological theories of aging seek to explain:

Mrs.Adams,an 87-year-old widow,has begun to distance herself from some of her extended family members.At the same time,she spends increasing time with her adult children,grandchildren,and some of her close neighbors.This would be an example of:

Theories that explain aging as resulting from the accumulation of "insults" from the environment that eventually reach a level incompatible with life are labeled:

It is now believed that neurological theories of aging may be:

Early theories of aging focused on describing it as:

Theory is important to therapeutic decisions as a way to:

In the theory of selective optimization with compensation,"optimization" refers to the idea that: