Exam 4

Question 1

EA: What is the age clock?

Answer 1

Internal timing

Question 2

EA: What is the telomere theory?

Answer 2

Tips of chromosomes have ability to regenerate until they die and can’t regenerate anymore => skin looks wrinkly, saggy, bruised b/c skin can’t fix themselves anymore

Question 3

EA: What is the free radical theory?

Answer 3

Free radicals are unstable oxygen molecules that attack cells. They come from the environment. Exercising and eating right reduces the effects of free radicals.

Question 4

What is the #1 cause of death in early adulthood?

Answer 4

Unintentional injuries

Question 5

What is the #1 cause of death in middle adulthood?

Answer 5

Chronic diseases and cancer

Question 6

EA: What is post-formal operational thinking?

Answer 6

People don’t see life idealistically anymore, they see the gray in the world.
They have more perspective due to past personal experiences

Question 7

What did Holland say about career selection?

Answer 7

Career selection is based on the best fit between your personality and the demands of the vocation.

Question 8

What are the Holland types?

Answer 8

Realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional

Question 9

EA: What is the crisis of Erikson’s intimacy vs. isolation?

Answer 9

Form an intimate relationship.

Question 10

EA: What are Levinson’s 4 life structure/seasons of a person’s life: developmental tasks?

Answer 10

1. Define a dream
2. Find a mentor
3. Develop a career
4. Establish intimacy

Question 11

MA: What is the midlife crisis?

Answer 11

People already living their dreams, making lots of money, have a house, paid off debt, so people are concerned about their time left to live. Result:

• People buy a Ferrari b/c they want to be young again.
• People hate their job b/c they want to use their limited time left to help others and make an impact on society

Question 12

MA: Why is there estrogen replacement?

Answer 12

Decrease in estrogen production levels and calcium to bones

Question 13

MA: What are the general overall health and diseases in middle adulthood?

Answer 13

1. Nervous system + reaction time
2. Vision and hearing declines
3. Heart problems
4. Cancer is #1 killer in middle adulthood esp breast and colon cancer.
5. Smoking effects

Question 14

MA: What are the two types of stress habits?

Answer 14

Emotion-focused and problem-focused

Question 15

MA: What is fluid ability/intelligence?

Answer 15

Learning brand new stuff.

Ex. New technology (abstract) and playing video games (quick thinking)

Question 16

MA: What is crystallized ability/intelligence?

Answer 16

Problem solving

Ex. Help Timmy write his college essay by using past experiences

Question 17

MA: What is hardiness?

Answer 17

• Views problems as controllable
• Can’t stop bad things from happening
• Committed to finding solutions
• See these problems as challenges for growth and improvement
• The personality trait of having the ability to cope very well.
• Ex. Dr. Gulyn finding out that Danny is autistic.
o She accepted this issue and rose up to the challenge
o She became a better parent because she became more sympathetic, more understanding

Question 18

MA: What is McCrae and Costa’s 5-factor model of personality?

Answer 18

1. Neuroticism
2. Extraversion
3. Openness to experience
4. Agreeableness
5. Conscientiousness

Question 19

MA: What % of 1st marriages end in divorce? 2nd?

Answer 19

40% and 50%