Exam 2: Models of Development: Nature and Nurture in Adulthood

Provide your own analysis of why negative attitudes have existed toward older adults in Western society. How might these change in the future?

The idea of being "on-time" or "off-time" in achieving major life goals is considered an important element of adjustment in the __________ model.

Describe and analyze a behavior of yours related to your own aging in terms of: a. Identity processes. b. Multiple threshold model. c. Sociocultural perspectives.

Some research evidence suggests that drinking red wine can slow the aging because it contains:

The ends of the chromosome lost with repeating cell replications that are thought to underlie the aging process are called the:

Defend your position about "why" aging occurs, from an evolutionary perspective.

How does Piaget's theory differ from that of Erikson?

In the Selective Optimization with ____________ model, older adults are proposed to cut down on the abilities they are weak and make up with the abilities on which they show greater potential for improvement.

The modernization hypothesis of ageism proposes that attitudes toward older adults will be most negative in societies that: