Exam 15: Gains and Losses in Late Adulthood

Which of the following describes a typical stage progression in retirement,according to Atchley?

Several factors at preretirement are strong predictors of positive attitudes toward retirement later,including

Mary,age 82,keeps insisting that someone has been sneaking into her apartment and turning on her stove when she isn't looking.Her family has noticed that Mary has been more and more forgetful lately,and now she has begun rambling in her speech and using many word substitutions,like "horse" for "dog." Mary is likely to be suffering from

In several studies of the benefits of searching for meaning in the loss of a loved one,which of the following individuals were likely to show the most distress in the long run?

Which of the following are aspects of palliative care?

In late adulthood,many of the physical losses of middle adulthood

When Jeanine,a successful surgeon,began to suffer from arthritis in her hands,she stopped doing surgery,continuing only the consulting portion of her medical practice,and accepted a position as Dean of the medical school at the university hospital where she had her practice.Shifting her attention to administration and teaching in her position as Dean after the onset of arthritis represents an example of

Explain the process of dealing with loss referred to as "selective optimization with compensation." Provide a clear example of this process at work and specify which aspects of your example illustrate selection,optimization,and compensation.Give examples of questionnaire items that have been used to assess these processes.Page 570)

Heckhausen found in a study of young,middle-aged,and elderly adults that elderly people had fewer aspirations regarding work,finances,and family and more aspirations related to health,community,and leisure pursuits than young adults.These age-related shifts in aspirations illustrate

Which of the following is part of a consensus view of a "good death" among all or most seriously ill patients?

What is a dual-process model of the grief process? Explain why the available research indicates that a complex model of this sort is needed.Page 588)

"The reminiscence bump" refers to

Training in some professions is more likely to foster wisdom than training in other professions.Which of the following is one of the professions that seem to benefit wisdom development?

How is the gender of an elderly person linked to whether or not others have negative,stereotyped expectations of that person?

One theory about grief and mourning after the loss of a loved one is that bereaved individuals eventually reorganize their grief,discovering ways to hold on to the memory of the deceased and integrate that memory into their current life and new attachments.This idea is attributable to the work of

The period of time that is now considered "normal" for the experience of grieving and depressive symptoms after the death of a loved one is

When counseling the elderly,success depends on being flexible and making accommodations that meet their special needs.Discuss three ways in which flexibility may be necessary and why.,

In Erikson's concept of the final stage of life,achievement of integrity can be construed as "a gift of courage and caring for the generations that follow" because

When Francesca,age 62,discovered that her retirement plan had suffered losses in the stock market,she realized that she would not be able to retired within the next year as she had expected to do.Francesca began to spend a great deal of time ruminating about her situation,especially about how sad she was that this problem had arisen after she had worked so hard all of her life.Which of the following is an accurate description of Francesca's coping at this point?

In end-of-life-care,the "double effect" refers to