Exam 17: Older Adulthood: Personality and Sociocultural Development

The text mentions a facility called the Life Center operated by the Quakers in Philadelphia. The main way in which this center is different from most other assisted living facilities or retirement communities is that it:

According to a study reported in the text, which of the following groups has the largest proportion of its members in the U.S. work force?

If all of the following women were living in the U S. and were over the age of 65, who would be LEAST likely to be living alone?

Frank says that he doesn't like having to use a walker, but at least he's in better shape than his brother, who must use a wheelchair. Frank's statement exemplifies the basic principle involved in:

According to the text, the major difference between stage theories and continuity theories that describe adult development is the degree to which they:

As a young adult, Aaron had many friends, but his friends were not very important to him. In older adulthood, researchers would expect that Aaron would have ______ friends and his friends would __________ to him.

When she is honest with herself, Judy recognizes that she has wasted many of the opportunities that could have led her to a positive lifestyle. In this respect, Judy is engaging in the developmental task that Erikson thought characterized which of the following periods of the lifespan?

Gwen looks back over the last 77 years of her life and feels satisfied that her life has had meaning and that she has done the best she could with life's circumstances. According to Erikson, Gwen will develop a sense of:

In comparison to early stages of adulthood, in older adulthood, adults tend to have _______ friends; during this stage, their friendships tend to be _________ meaningful.

In the United States today, about what percent of the population continues to work part-time or return to work following retirement?

Compared to younger adults, older adults typically remember positive information better than negative information.

According to the text, which of the following would LEAST likely be called on to help manage long-term responsibilities associated with caring for an older adult who has lost a spouse?

According to Erikson, older adulthood is ideally a time when:

Generalizing from information presented in the text, which of the following persons would adjust best to retirement?

During most of older adulthood

In a national survey of older Americans reported in the text, adults age 65 and over rated their health and well-being. The most accurate conclusion to be drawn from the data reported would be that _______ of the people in this study reported that their health was good to excellent and Black Americans reported _______ levels of health than did White Americans:

Which of the following is the final stage in Erikson's theory of the life cycle?

According to statistics reported in the text, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population is:

According to Piaget, if new events and changing circumstances can be absorbed into one's self-concept, this defines the process called:

For men who are age 75-84, the most common marital status is __________; for women in the age range the most common marital status is ___________.