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exam 3 Flashcards

1
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Older adults often see themselves as getting better at problem solving and declining at _____________

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memory

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2
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Gluck and Bluck found that within western culture, people under the age of _________ were less likely than people ages _________ and beyond to emphasize the affective aspects of wisdom.

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20,20

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3
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According to sternberg, ____________ is related to divergent thinking.

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Creative intelligence

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4
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Wise individuals are good at ___________

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problem finding

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5
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When lector’s to their own devices to make a decision about selecting a physician and a health plan, __________ are more likely then __________ are to review more positive information than negative information before making a choice.

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older adults, young adults

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6
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_________ men take less time than __________ men do to come to a decision about which treatment to select for prostate cancer.

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older, younger

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7
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older adults are more influenced than young adults by _____________.

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framing affect

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8
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__________________ involves being able to deal with conflict and multiple perspectives.

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Postformal thought

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9
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According to Ardelt, ___________ implicit theories of wisdom tend to emphasize the cognitive aspect where as ___________ implicit theories of wisdom tend to emphasize the selective aspect.

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Westurn, Eastern

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10
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According to the constant probablitliy of success model of creativity, the point of ____________ productivity coincides with the point of maximum creativity.

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maximum

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11
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There is an ____________ in some creative fields than there is in others.

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earlier peak

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12
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The ______________ refers to a resurgence in creative output in the late years of many artists and composers.

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swan song phenomenon

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13
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________________ are a type of personality measure that asks people to respond to ambiguous stimuli.

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Projective measures

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14
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____________ personality inventories can be given to large numbers of people.

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Self report

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15
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A ______________ research study on personality would compare the personality characteristics of individuals in two or more age groups.

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cross sectional

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16
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According to theorist ____________ men and women have both masculine and feminine aspects to their personalities.

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Carl Jung

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17
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In young adulthood, ____________ suppress the feminine aspects, but as they move toward late adulthood, they are less likely to suppress the feminine aspects.

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men

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18
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__________ who are were very aggressive and achievement oriented in young adulthood may become more expressive and nurturing later on.

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men

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19
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According to theorist ____________, there is an emphasis in older adulthood on devoting time too the inner self.

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Carl jung

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20
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If individuals resolve the psychosocial challenge of middle adulthood successfully, ____________ believes they are graced with the virtue of care.

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Erikson

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21
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__________ and _________ reorganizational stage of cognitive development occurs in the young old years.

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Schaie Willis

22
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Erik Erikson’s 7th stage of development is ____________ vs ____________.

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generaltivity stagnation

23
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Bargh and his colleagues found that compared to young adults who unscrambled a set of neutral words, young adults who unscrambled words that are stereotypically associated with older adulthood walked more slowly after completing the task. They concluded that this was an example of _____________.

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implicit priming

24
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Hummers and her colleagues found that stereotypes that people have about older adults are a mixture of __________ and ___________.

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negative positive

25
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Compared to ____________ with a low sense of personal control, older adults with a high sense of personal control are more likely to watch their diet, exercise, and take prescribed medications.

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older adults

26
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An individual who says “Whatever happens will happen. It is just a matter of chance and fate” is best described as a person who is high in _______________________.

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external locus of control

27
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______________ refers to what we think about ourselves, whereas ___________ refers to how we feel about ourselves.

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Self concept, self esteem

28
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According to ______________ life story model, invidiuals construct a personal myth to make sense of their lives.

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McAdams

29
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Lets say you rent a movie and it turns out to be extremely boring and unlikely to get any more interesting but you continue watching it to the end anyhow. This is an example of _______________.

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sunk cost fallacy

30
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According to the _________________ of social interactions, a social interaction between two partners is balanced if not partners value the social interaction to an equal extent.

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social exchange theory

31
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According to the _______________ there is a social network of emotionally close others that moves with a person throughout life.

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convoy model

32
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In _____________ study on triads young adult women, their mothers, and their grandmothers, it was found that family members make up a larger proportion of the inner circle of the social network for the older adult cohort than for the young adult cohort.

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Levitt

33
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____________ and _____________ studied individual differences in the social networks of a sample of older adults ranging from 70 to 104 years of age. They found the size of the social network was inversely related to _______________.

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Lang Christensen chronological age

34
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In situations involving interpersonal conflict, ___________ are less likely than younger adults are to respond emotionally.

A

older adults

35
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As long as older adult parents are in reasonable health, they usually provide more support for their adult offspring than their _____________ adult offspring do for them.

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middle aged

36
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Compared to _____________ ,older adults are less likely to become involved in intense emotional interactions both positive and negative when interacting with others especially if those others are new acquaintances.

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younger adults

37
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Research by ____________ found that the source of greatest conflict older adults report having with their adult children is life style choices.

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Clarke

38
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Research by ____________ found that the source of greatest conflict that adult children report having with their older parents is communication styles, including criticism.

A

Clarke

39
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Compared to _______________________, African american family caregivers percibe caring for older family members more favorably.

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European american family caregivers

40
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The term _______________ has been used to describe the fact that older adults welcome contact and involvement with family members but they prefer to maintain their own households as long as they are able to.

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intimacy at a distance

41
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The family into which a person is born is called the _______________

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family of origin

42
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The term ________________ refers to middle aged adults who have children as well as elderly parents to care for.

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sandwich generation

43
Q

With regard to older parent adult child relationships _________________ relationship is the closest.

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mother daughter

44
Q

In studies comparing middle aged and older married couples, __________ were more expressive than husbands, whereas husbands were more restrained when they were speaking about topics about which there was conflict.

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wives

45
Q

Research studies on martial satisfaction indicate that the arrival of children puts a strain on a marriage but martial relationships improve once the children are launched and living independently. This is also referred to as the _______________ hypothesis.

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upswing

46
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According to Kivnick and sinclair the most common grandparenting style in contemporary American society is _____________.

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compassionate

47
Q

Just because there are no obvious signs of physical trauma, an investigator can’t be sure that an older adult has not been ____________.

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abused

48
Q

What are other different type of family house holds?

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Been pole family, Nuclear family, extended family, household, modified extended family, blended family

49
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What are the types of grand parenting styles?

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remote, compassionate, involved

50
Q

A Coping strategy that has been termed “ tenacious goal pursuit” is ______________

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assimilation

51
Q

Norman considers himself to be an excellent golf player. He has been playing on the most competitive team in his retirement community. Lately, however, he has not been paying as well, but he attributes his poor showing to the deteriorating condition of the golf course. Which coping strategy is Norman using?

A

Immunization

52
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What are the factors in Costa and McCraes Five Factor Model of personality?

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Neurtics, Extroversion, Openness to experience, Agreeableness and conscientious

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