Psych Final - Exam 4

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Tom, age 50, cares for his teenage daughter and his aging moth. Tom belongs to the

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sandwich generation

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The leading causes of US deaths in middle age are ____ and ____;

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cancer, cardiovascular disease

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75 year old Reggie feels he made many wrong decisions, yet time is too short to find an alternate route, Reggie is experiencing

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despair

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Oscar worked as an air traffic controller for 30 years. As he progressed through middle adulthood, he likely showed

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smaller age-related attentional declines than many adults.

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To offset both excess weight and muscle loss associated with aging, people should

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engage in weiht bearing exercise that icnludes resistance training

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According to his eye doctor, 60 year old Bobby has developed a condition called presbyopia. This condition involved

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the lens has lost its capacity to adjust to objects at varying distance

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The dual process model of coping with loss

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states that effective coping requires people to oscillate between deling with loss and attending to life changes

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Compared to younger people, middle aged adults see themselves as

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capable of managing a complex array of tasks easily and effectively

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As we age

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cells in both the epidermis and dermis decline in water content

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Although Ida is mostly self reliant she does not often resist her son's unnecessary help. She may be because

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her son's help brings about social contact with him

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Based on all the available research hormone replacement therapy

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BOTH B AND C

has greatest risk for women whoo start it after age 60

has most benefit for women who begin it between ages 50-59

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Jessica's work related turning points probably peaked in

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early adulthood

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Our textbook chapter on physical development in middle age noted that lung cancer

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is the most common cause of cancer deaths in both genders worldwide

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Which of the following women is most likely to report fewer menopausal complaints?

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Noriko, an Asian woman

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A symptom of an impending heart attack that is present more frequently in women that in men is

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extreme fatigue

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Which of the following statements about osteoporosis is true?

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A family history of osteoporosis increases risk of condition

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Some theorists believe that a general slowing of ____ underlies nearly all age related declines in cognitive performance.

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Central nervous system functioning

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Beth is a 54 year old woman who is experiencing menopause. She would lke to take hormone therapy and still has her uterus

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She should take estrogen plus progesterone

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Dr Hader shows participants a series of stimuli on a computer screen and asks them to press the space bar only after a particular sequence occurs. Which of the following adults will most likely receive the lowest score?

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Wanda, who is 21

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The findings of the Seattle Longitudinal Study confirm that midlife is a time when

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Some fo the most complex mental abilities are at their peak

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According to the neural network view

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as neurons in the brain de, breaks n neural networks occur

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Jaime, age 47, left her part time job in retail, pursued a bachelor's degree in social work and accepted a full time job as a child welfare worker. According to levinson, Jaime is engaged in which of the following developmental tasks?

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engagement-separateness

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In a study discussed in class and in your text book, Cummings and Henry described a process of separation in which the elderly gradually reduce their levels of social activity, often becoming withdraw to their inner lives as society allows them to withdraw. What do we call this theory of aging?

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Disengagement theory

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As Jane grows older, she feels closer to her siblings and more connected with her spouse. At 85, her contact with acquantiances has dimished and she is left with a few very close relationships. She is not terribly interested in forming any new social ties. Jane's behavior is consistent with

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socioemotional selectivity theory

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______ theory holds that identification with traditional gender roles is maintained during the active parenting years to help ensure the survival of children

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Parential imperative

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Which of the following statements about divorce in midlife is true?

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The divorce rate of US 50-65 year olds haas flalen over the past 20 yeras

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The feminization of poverty is

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a trend in which women who support themselves or their familires have become the majority f the adultpopulation living in poverty

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In developing nations with widespread poverty, malnutrition, disease and armed conflict, average life expectancy hovers around

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55 years

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Familial Alzheimer's disease

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generally has an early onset between 30 and 600

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Often referred to as boomerang kids, many adult children return home to live with their parents, frequently for economic reasons. Research we discussed in class indicates that parents are usually ______ these living arrangements unless children are UUUU.

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highly satisfied with, unemployed or financially dependet

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Which of the following statements about generativity in midlife is not true?

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Low SES and poverty tend to be associated with significant reductions in generativity especially for females.

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Betty, age 77, needs assistance with food preparation, housekeeping and paying her bills. Betty cannot carry out some

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Instrumental activities of daily living

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Nan, age 70, feels more out of breath while exercising. This is probably because

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her vitalc apaity has reduced significantly due to aging

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Marion has just learned that her brian contains an abundance of beurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaque. Marion's doctors are probably concerned that she has

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Alzheimer's disease

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As seen in the documentary One Last Hug, the children's grief camp Camp Erin.

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ALL OF THE ABOVE

works by bringing together peers who have all experienced loss

fosters loss oriented coping

allows participants to move back and forth between confrontation of grief and relief from grief

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The more a mental ability relies on _____, the earlier it starts to decline

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fluid intelligence

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Marta is show a list of words that includes the word back and then is asked to fill in the word fragment. Marta completes the fragment as back frather than book. Marta is using

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implicit memory

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When Joes' grandpa talks to Joe about his high school days, he is exhibiting

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remote memory

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Which of the following statements about gender difference in health is true?

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By very old age, women are more impaired than men becuase only the sturdiest men survive

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4 year old Henry is grieving the death of his mother. He expresses sadness but only for periods of time each day. He has been having nightmares and stomaches about whether his mom is coming back. His reactions are ______

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normal

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In late adulthood Mary is able to recall personally significant experiences from her adolescence btter than still remote but more recent experiences from middle adulthood. This phenomenon is known as

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Reminiscence bump

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Suffering froman age related physical disability, Jack has learned to focus on his cogntiive, emotional and social power. According to Peck, Jack has attained

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body transcendence

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Which of the following 88 year olds is expected to live the longest?

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Bert a low SES black man from Mississippi

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70 year old Emme selectively attend to and better recalls emotionally positive infornation over negative information. Emme has the ability to maximize positive emotion and dampen negative emotion

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affect optimization

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Recent views of what constitute successful aging have focused less on specific achievements and more on

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how the aging individual minimizes losses while maximizing gains

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The first step in the grief process is typically

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avoidance of the reality

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Jeanine is 55 years old and has reached the end of her reproductive capacity. She has reached

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climacteric

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Obsessively reviewing the circumstances of a loved one's death is a common element in the ____ phase of the grieving process

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confrontation

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African tribal peoples display

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little age related hearing loss

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Alice is 8 years old. What can we expect her to understand about death?

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ALL OF THE ABOVE

Death is permanent, universal and results in complete non-functionality

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Which of the following statements is not true regarding suicide and the elderly

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Failed suicides are more common among the elderly than they ar eamong younger generations

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At Judy's request, her doctor removes her medical ventilator, allowing her to die naturally.

Ralph's doctor prescribes him sleeping pills and gives him instruction so that he may self administer a lethal dose of the medication

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i is an example of passive euthanasia

ii is an example of assisted suicide

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Recalling pairs of items

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Associative memory

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When phenomenon are researchers referring to when they about the double standard of aging

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Negative sterotypes about aging are more likely to be applied to women that men

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Not true about skipped generation families

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Grandparents rarely use effective child rearing practices

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While middle aged adults may experience declines in aspects of _____ intelligence, ____ intelligence stays relatively intact throughout midlife

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fluid, crystallized

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Which is true

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It is best to be candid aout death's certainty

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Irene's son Ted helps her out. He doesn't comment on her success with getting errands done. He is demonstrating

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independence ignore scrpt

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What can make dying more diffcult for a patient?

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Play the denial game

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Which of the following older adults is expected to live the longest?

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Kiyoko from Japan