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Adolescence through Old Age Test
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Which one of these is NOT one of the problems adolescents go through as a result of immaturity?
They feel self-conscious, like everything revolves around them
They are hypocritical, like having trouble living up to an ideal
The are indecisive, like having trouble making simple decisions
They feel vulnerable, like thinking it could happen to them
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All of the following are challenges and barriers to healthcare the elderly face EXCEPT?
Hospices don’t allow the elderly in
Low quality nursing homes
Elderly in the lower socioeconomic class tend not to seek out treatment
Some doctors stereotype the elderly and misdiagnose them
3
What does Asch's study tell us about conformity?
That the minority can influence the majority
Others have little influence over us
That people conform to the majority to avoid rejection
People conform to social roles
4
According to Erik Erikson, Identity and role confusion occurs during
College Years
Highschool years
Preschool years
Elementary years
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What is a hospice?
Where terminally ill people go to towards the end of life
A place to go to where euthanasia happens
A private hospital
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How do cliques help adolescents with social development?
They help establish identity.
They prepare for college and a career.
They encourage them to develop stronger family ties.
They help foster friendships.
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What is rationalization?
When someone uses excuses to explain an unpleasant motion or behavior
When someone uses logic to make decisions
When someone owns up to what they’ve done wrong&answers to the consequences
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People continue to acquire new information and expand their vocabularies into adulthood
False
True
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When are early commitments (marriage partner, career and life goals) reopened, often in a painful way
The Midlife Transition
Settling Down
The Age Thirty Crisis
Entering the adult world
10
Menopause refers to
irregular timing of menstrual periods.
beginning of female fertility.
the cessation of menstruation
loss of sexual interest in late adulthood.
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What is the biological event that marks the end of Childhood?
Puberty
Initiation Rights
Asynchrony
Asynchrony
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what is ageism?
Fear of a person based on their age
only liking old people
discrimination based on a person's age
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Why are cliques a negative for adolescents?
Leads to increased drug use and sexual promiscuity
They cause each member to lose self-confidence
Can lead to poor decisions due to peer pressure
They cause lasting emotional damage when they end
14
what are Elisabeth Kubler- Ross stages of grief?
Denial, Anger, bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
Denial, Anger, bargaining, Acceptance Depression
Anger, Denial, bargaining, Acceptance, Depression
Anger, Denial, bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
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When do recent tests show the peak of intelligence and creativity is?
20s
40s
50s
30s
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Which of the following is true of Alzheimer's disease?
it is a progressive and irreversible brain disorder
it involves the gradual deterioration of cognitive ability
All of the Above
it involves the gradual deterioration of physical ability
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Senile dementia
only causes memory loss
is not usually age related
mainly leads to aphasia
causes a range of cognitive impairments
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Senile dementia
prejudice or discrimination based on age
a condition that destroys a person's ability to think
ability to use accumulated knowledge in appropriate settings
decreases in mental abilities experienced by some people in old age
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Alzheimer’s disease
is the least common form of dementia
Develops in everyone as they get older
Develops as a result of the destruction of myelin sheaths in nerve cells
Causes death of brain cells
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Alzheimer's disease
is very common among 60 year olds.
is not considered a normal part of aging.
involves a speeding up of fluid intelligence.
only affects women.
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someone who is not actively concerned with his or her identity and is waiting until late to decide the issues
Identity Achievement
Identity Moratorium
Identity Foreclosure
Identity Diffusion
22
James Marcia taught that:
there are more problems with morbidity among women than men
the more children in a family, the lower the intelligence of each new child
morality is different at different ages
there are four adolescent personality types that change during adolescence
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In middle age (40-65) people experience the crisis of generativity vs. ________________.
stuntedness
stagnation
stinginess
studiousness
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How do cliques help adolescent development?
Help adolescents establish an identity
Encourage stronger family ties
Foster friendships w/ individuals from wide variety of cultures
Emphasize the importance of college/career prep
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What is Thanatology?
Study of living organisms
Study of death
Study of people in grief
Study of children
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Adulthood is when people experience joy, success, and stability, & don’t have to deal with failure, crisis, or change
True
False
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What is the definition of Generativity?
Doing things in life that will benefit others.
The sense of feeling alone.
Building a legacy that will outlast you.
Being able to love someone outside your own family.
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Decremental Model Of Aging :
The study of dying and death
Prejudice or discrimination against the elderly
A discontinuation of development and desire to recapture the past
Idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age
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Which of the following people helped to establish thanatology?
Lou Gehrig
Erik Erickson
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Jack Kevorkian
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When entering Middle Adulthood
some will feel distanced from friends and family
Some will hate their job and feel like it's too late to change their life
some will feel fine balancing social and private time
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All of the above are negative changes for those over 65 EXCEPT?
Decline in physical strength
Loss of a spouse
All elderly people become senile
Reduced responsibility and isolation
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With old age, crystallized intelligence increases, and fluid intelligence decreases
False
True
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Euthanasia is...
Being really happy and content
Killing off the weak in society
The act of killing a person who is suffering from an illness
Children from Asian countries
34
A typical adolescent will most likely turn to their _____________ for advice on fashion and music
siblings
parents
grandparents
Peer
35
Formal operational stage can be defined as starting at
adulthood
4 yrs
adolescence
9 yrs
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When is generativity or stagnation experienced?
The Midlife Transition
Settling Down
Middle Adulthood
The Age Thirty Crisis
