Question 1

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,selective narrowing of social interaction _____ as individuals get older.

Accepted Answer

A) minimizes health-related complications 
B) minimizes emotional risks 
C) maximizes social isolation 
D) maximizes financial freedom 
A) minimizes health-related complications 
B) minimizes emotional risks 
C) maximizes social isolation 
D) maximizes financial freedom B

Question 2

In 2013,_____ percent of older adults in the United States were living in poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) 9.5 
B) 12 
C) 23.5 
D) 27 
A) 9.5 
B) 12 
C) 23.5 
D) 27 A

Question 3

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,the trajectory of motivation for knowledge-related goals peaks in:

Accepted Answer

A) middle and late adulthood. 
B) adolescence and early adulthood. 
C) early childhood. 
D) infancy. 
A) middle and late adulthood. 
B) adolescence and early adulthood. 
C) early childhood. 
D) infancy. B

Question 4

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of autonomy vs.shame?

Accepted Answer

A) Fidelity 
B) Purpose 
C) Competence 
D) Will 
A) Fidelity 
B) Purpose 
C) Competence 
D) Will

Question 5

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,the emotion trajectory is high during:

Accepted Answer

A) early adulthood. 
B) adolescence. 
C) middle childhood. 
D) infancy and early childhood. 
A) early adulthood. 
B) adolescence. 
C) middle childhood. 
D) infancy and early childhood.

Question 6

When he was interviewed at 80 years of age,Arthur Rubinstein said that he spent more time at practice than earlier in his life.This helped to maintain his status as an admired concert pianist.This reflects which aspect of Baltes' theory?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

Identify the personality traits in the Big Five factors of personality that are associated with severe depression in older adults.

Accepted Answer

A) Low conscientiousness,extraversion,and high neuroticism 
B) Low religiosity,high materialism,and humanism 
C) High agreeableness,low neuroticism,and introversion 
D) High extroversion,low openness,and materialism 
A) Low conscientiousness,extraversion,and high neuroticism 
B) Low religiosity,high materialism,and humanism 
C) High agreeableness,low neuroticism,and introversion 
D) High extroversion,low openness,and materialism

Question 9

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. 
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 10

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of generativity vs.stagnation?

Accepted Answer

A) Infidelity 
B) Wisdom 
C) Care 
D) Will 
A) Infidelity 
B) Wisdom 
C) Care 
D) Will

Question 11

Which of the following factors is most likely to predict high status for older adults in a culture?

Accepted Answer

A) Age-related role changes involve reduced responsibility. 
B) Older persons control key family/community resources. 
C) Nuclear families are the most common family arrangement in a culture. 
D) Older adults retire early and authority shifts to younger adults. 
A) Age-related role changes involve reduced responsibility. 
B) Older persons control key family/community resources. 
C) Nuclear families are the most common family arrangement in a culture. 
D) Older adults retire early and authority shifts to younger adults.

Question 12

_____ theory describes how people can produce new resources and allocate them effectively to the tasks they want to master.

Accepted Answer

A) Activity 
B) Selective optimization with compensation 
C) Socioemotional selectivity 
D) Psychoanalytical 
A) Activity 
B) Selective optimization with compensation 
C) Socioemotional selectivity 
D) Psychoanalytical

Question 13

Now that Benita is in late adulthood,the socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that she will:

Accepted Answer

A) become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death. 
B) continue to actively make new friends. 
C) spend most of her time with familiar friends. 
D) emotionally invest in peripheral relationships. 
A) become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death. 
B) continue to actively make new friends. 
C) spend most of her time with familiar friends. 
D) emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.

Question 14

What is the term for prejudice against individuals because of their age,especially prejudice against older adults?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

When time is perceived as _____,as it is when individuals are younger,people are more strongly motivated to pursue information,even at the cost of emotional satisfaction.

Accepted Answer

A) fluid 
B) limited 
C) open-ended 
D) created,not given 
A) fluid 
B) limited 
C) open-ended 
D) created,not given

Question 16

According to Erik Erikson,which of the following stages of development does an individual experience in late adulthood?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of basic trust vs.mistrust?

Accepted Answer

A) Hope 
B) Purpose 
C) Competence 
D) Will 
A) Hope 
B) Purpose 
C) Competence 
D) Will

Question 18

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

Question 19

The late Arthur Rubinstein,during his old age,maintained his status as an admired pianist by a few simple strategies.One of those was reducing the scope of his performances and playing fewer pieces.Which aspect of Baltes' theory does this reflect?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

According to new studies,which of the Big Five factors of personality was linked to increased risk of older adults' developing Alzheimer disease across a six-year time frame?

Accepted Answer

A) High level of openness to experience 
B) Moderate to high level of conscientiousness 
C) Low to moderate level of agreeableness 
D) High level of neuroticism 
A) High level of openness to experience 
B) Moderate to high level of conscientiousness 
C) Low to moderate level of agreeableness 
D) High level of neuroticism

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,selective narrowing of social interaction _____ as individuals get older.

In 2013,_____ percent of older adults in the United States were living in poverty.

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,the trajectory of motivation for knowledge-related goals peaks in:

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of autonomy vs.shame?

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,the emotion trajectory is high during:

When he was interviewed at 80 years of age,Arthur Rubinstein said that he spent more time at practice than earlier in his life.This helped to maintain his status as an admired concert pianist.This reflects which aspect of Baltes' theory?

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

Identify the personality traits in the Big Five factors of personality that are associated with severe depression in older adults.

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

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of generativity vs.stagnation?

Which of the following factors is most likely to predict high status for older adults in a culture?

_____ theory describes how people can produce new resources and allocate them effectively to the tasks they want to master.

Now that Benita is in late adulthood,the socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that she will:

What is the term for prejudice against individuals because of their age,especially prejudice against older adults?

When time is perceived as _____,as it is when individuals are younger,people are more strongly motivated to pursue information,even at the cost of emotional satisfaction.

According to Erik Erikson,which of the following stages of development does an individual experience in late adulthood?

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of basic trust vs.mistrust?

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

The late Arthur Rubinstein,during his old age,maintained his status as an admired pianist by a few simple strategies.One of those was reducing the scope of his performances and playing fewer pieces.Which aspect of Baltes' theory does this reflect?

According to new studies,which of the Big Five factors of personality was linked to increased risk of older adults' developing Alzheimer disease across a six-year time frame?

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical Development in Late Adulthood

Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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Exam 19: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,selective narrowing of social interaction _____ as individuals get older.

In 2013,_____ percent of older adults in the United States were living in poverty.

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,the trajectory of motivation for knowledge-related goals peaks in:

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of autonomy vs.shame?

According to the socioemotional selectivity theory,the emotion trajectory is high during:

When he was interviewed at 80 years of age,Arthur Rubinstein said that he spent more time at practice than earlier in his life.This helped to maintain his status as an admired concert pianist.This reflects which aspect of Baltes' theory?

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

Identify the personality traits in the Big Five factors of personality that are associated with severe depression in older adults.

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

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of generativity vs.stagnation?

Which of the following factors is most likely to predict high status for older adults in a culture?

_____ theory describes how people can produce new resources and allocate them effectively to the tasks they want to master.

Now that Benita is in late adulthood,the socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that she will:

What is the term for prejudice against individuals because of their age,especially prejudice against older adults?

When time is perceived as _____,as it is when individuals are younger,people are more strongly motivated to pursue information,even at the cost of emotional satisfaction.

According to Erik Erikson,which of the following stages of development does an individual experience in late adulthood?

Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of basic trust vs.mistrust?

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

The late Arthur Rubinstein,during his old age,maintained his status as an admired pianist by a few simple strategies.One of those was reducing the scope of his performances and playing fewer pieces.Which aspect of Baltes' theory does this reflect?

According to new studies,which of the Big Five factors of personality was linked to increased risk of older adults' developing Alzheimer disease across a six-year time frame?

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical Development in Late Adulthood

Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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