Exam 16: Socioemotional Development in the Later Years

The length of time an adult expects to work until retirement changed with laws passed in _________ as part of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Disengagement theory suggests that society:

__________________ are the type of grandparents most likely to spoil their grandchildren.

Culture determines the ______________ older adults rely upon to evaluate whether they have led a meaningful life.

Using socioemotional selectivity theory as a theoretical framework, a grandparent is likely to use the following familiar phrase ___________________ to advise grandchildren about the types of relationships worth investment.

In older adulthood, emotional well-being is a protective factor associated with physical health.

Brent recognized that his mother's move into a nursing home was an indicator that she would likely live another ____ years.

One benefit of an assisted living facility is that it provides older adults with a greater opportunity to _______________ compared to nursing home care.

Personality traits are relatively stable throughout later adulthood.

An older adult who shows signs of "flourishing" is likely to:

Ageism is age discrimination.

Only 5% of adults over age 70 remain employed in the United States.

The "retirement phase":

The majority of older adults, over age 65, live alone.

Those older adults who have not successfully resolved the eighth, final stage of psychosocial development according to Erikson face the end of their lives feeling that life has:

Bella and Joe, _________________, did not want their grandchildren entering the foster care system after their son-in-law passed away from cancer. They were devastated, after his death, to watch their own, adult daughter develop a substance use disorder that put her children at risk time after time. They felt they didn't have a choice; they went to court, filed for, and won legal custody and guardianship.

For older adults who are not functionally independent, an assisted living residence provides:

According to social activity theory, spending time with other older adults doing activities common for people their age is associated with:

Older adults use SOC primarily to compensate for unavoidable ____________________ losses.

Older adults are very likely to specifically use the term depression to tell a friend, relative, or doctor if they believe they are experiencing depression.