Deck 14: Physical, Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood, Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood

Question 1

Why are structured reminiscence interviews beneficial to college students?

A) Students learn to face the inevitability of their own deaths, distant though they may be.
B) These interviews provide students with an opportunity to practice counseling skills.
C) Students' stereotypes about the elderly are challenged when participating in such interviews.
D) Structured reminiscence forces students to clarify their ambitions apart from their relived memories.

Answer 1

Students' stereotypes about the elderly are challenged when participating in such interviews.

Question 2

Which notion is central to the concept of filial piety?

A) Children have a duty to care for their elderly parents.
B) A primary responsibility of religious organizations is caring for the elderly.
C) Living arrangements that involve an extended family network should be discouraged.
D) Older adults should have acquired sufficient resources over time to live by themselves.

Answer 2

Children have a duty to care for their elderly parents.

Question 3

__________is defined as performance of unpaid work for altruistic motives.

Answer 3

Volunteerism

Question 4

List five components of successful aging.

Question 5

There is a correlation between and health in older adulthood, perhaps indicating that religion directly contributes to successful aging. What is an alternative explanation for this correlation?

Question 6

The average male born in the United States this year can expect to live to be how old?

A) 70
B) 72
C) 76
D) 85

Question 7

The average female born in the United States this year can expect to live to be how old?

A) 70
B) 75
C) 81
D) 87

Question 8

Which statement regarding population growth is true?

A) From 1950-2010, the over-65 population in the United States decreased.
B) From 1950-2010, the over-65 population in the United States has grown steadily.
C) From 1950-2010, the under-5 population in the United States increased.
D) By 2050, it is estimated that the over-85 population in United States will exceed 19 million.

Question 9

In regard to everyday memory tasks, such as recalling a grocery list or remembering whether a behavior was performed, how do older adults compare to younger adults?

A) Older adults generally aren't asked to recall everyday tasks; there is no data to evaluate their performance.
B) Older adults perform less well than younger adults on these everyday memory tasks.
C) There is no measurable difference between the memory performance of older adults and younger adults on these kinds of memory tasks.
D) Older adults perform much better than younger adults on these everyday memory tasks.

Question 10

What does the U.S. Census Bureau predict about the number of centenarians in the United States heading toward the year 2060?