Watching his grandchildren for the weekend has increased the environmental press in Hugo's life slightly, bringing out the best in Hugo's interpersonal skills. While watching his grandchildren, Hugo is apparently operating
in the zone of maximum performance potential
Which statement concerning retirement is true?
Part-time employment following retirement can be the result of a desire to stay connected to one's former life/career
Sibling relationships are special in that they
typically last a lifetime
Which statement concerning elder abuse is true?
The abuser is typically a family member
Suzette lives in a building in which others help her with some everyday living needs. Although she has no severe cognitive or physical disabilities, she appreciates this living arrangement that is best classified as
an assisted-living facility.
How do changes in the amygdala over time impact the regulation of emotion?
Older adults have lower amygdala activation and lower emotional arousal
The major problem facing Medicare involves
rising healthcare costs.
Continuity theory is based on the premise that
daily problems are solved using strategies that have been successful in the past.
Rose lives with several of her friends, who are also elderly. She has a high desire to please and help others, but has difficulty with common sense, so her friends often check on her activities and interactions with others. Which of the following problems
Fraud
The original purpose of Social Security was to
provide a supplement to savings and other means of financial support.
Which statement on race and spirituality is true?
Religion is a less important resource for European Americans than African Americans
Socioemotional selectivity" is a term that describes the process involved in
developing relationships with others.
The conflict of integrity versus despair is characterized by
attempting to make sense out of one's life
Adaptation level is reached when
the environmental press is at the average state for a given level of competence.
Spousal caregivers whose partners have a significant chronic medical condition tend to
show reduced levels of marital satisfaction.
Older women have ________ number of friends characterized by _______.
a greater; more intimacy
Gender differences in subjective well-being are often thought to be due to all of the following factors except
nursing home attendance rates
A clean break from employment is referred to as a ____ retirement.
crisp
To be accurately classified as a frail older adult, an individual must
be very ill and have physical disabilities
When comparing the average middle-aged married couple with the average older married couple, the older couple is more likely to be characterized as
similar
According to Krause and colleagues (2000), the first step in the three-step process involved in "turning a problem over to God" involves
differentiating things that can be done from those that cannot.
IADLs differ from ADLs in that
IADLs have a higher-level intellectual component
Social Security money is obtained from
taxes on current workers' payroll
A individual with a sense of _____ continuity would be most likely to say, "I hate my life because every day is just like the last.
too much
When elderly people "accept the past," they tend to ____ than people who do not.
be less depressed
Activities of daily living are best described as tasks
involving basic self-care needs
Concerning a partner's decision to retire
neither women nor men tend to greatly influence their partner's decision to retire.
Erikson would suggest that 80-year-old ____ has achieved integrity
Christine, who is highly self-affirming,
A pattern of full-time work, retirement, full-time work, another retirement provides a good example of _____ retirement
blurred
Which is the best example of a "social convoy"?
Several adult lifelong friends
Maladaptive behavior is most likely under conditions of
high competence and weak environmental press.
Docility is characterized by a sense of
little control
Which of the following factors is not related to subjective well-being?
Culture
In the United States on any given day, about _____ percent of older adults reside in a nursing home.
5
The demands exerted on one's self by one's surroundings defines
an environmental press
According to socioemotional selectivity theory, social contact is motivated by a goal, such as
information seeking
Which statement about spirituality and health is true?
Higher levels of spirituality are associated with better physical and mental health
Bannister has run a mile in just under four minutes, which is his best time ever. This would represent his level of ____ for this skill
competence
Retirement always involves the loss of
occupational identity
The upper limit of a person's ability to function in different domains is called
competence
Women who are recently widowed tend to have ____ than recently widowed men.
greater financial loss
Who is the prototypic nursing home resident?
Rowena, who is an 80-year-old European-American female