Exam 15: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

The majority of older adults describe their relationship with their adult children as____, and most adult children describe their relationship with their elderly parents as____.

Seventy-eight-year-old Seymour and his wife Gladys are about to get a divorce after 53 years of marriage. Consequently, their adult children will likely feel a(n)____sense of obligation to them and will remain closer to ____.

The part of the brain that is involved in the processing of emotions is the

The developmental tasks of later life are determined more by _____than by_____ .

Seventy-year-old Brie and 69-year-old Henry met at a church social and after dating for a couple of weeks established a committed relationship. Because both had been long-time widowed and relish their independence and freedom from obligations, they are most likely to favor which type of living arrangement?

The rate of major depression among the elderly is approximately____ percent, and the rate of minor depression is approximately ____percent.

Divorce is_____Common in late adulthood than in middle adulthood, and rates of divorce among older adults have been____in recent decades.

Consistent with the generational stake,

Discuss how various theories account for the decline in older adults' social networks.

Older adults who are depressed are

Professor Singh's lecture concerned the life tasks, optimal timing, and relevant developmental processes of late adulthood. Accordingly, the lecture was titled

Of the Big Five factors, the two that decrease somewhat in later life are

Nineteen-year-old Gwen and her grandma Minnie are both engaging in life review. For Gwen, the process is likely to help her to_____, whereas for Minnie, the process is likely to help her_____

Why are women more likely than men to be taking care of an ill spouse?

People born after 1959 are eligible to retire with full social security benefits at age

Emanuel just retired after 45 years of working as a janitor. In the period immediately after retirement, he is most likely to experience what kinds of feelings?

According to Erikson, the psychosocial challenge of late adulthood is

A study of the daily experiences of younger and older adults (Mroczek et al., 2006) found that the majority of older adults are____on neuroticism and that ____adults experience fewer negative emotional responses to stress.

Patricia's husband of 50 years recently asked her for a divorce, saying that he had fallen in love with her best friend and they will be cohabiting. Ashamed and angry, Patricia has become a virtual hermit, sitting at home, ignoring the telephone, and spending much of her time crying about all the mistakes that she made in her life. Erikson would characterize Patricia's emotional state as

For the past three days, Agnes has been feeling very sad and has not had the desire to do anything other than stay in bed all day. She's also been too agitated to eat or sleep. A doctor would probably diagnose Agnes with depression if she continues to feel like this for a total period of at least