late adulthood

Question 1

young-old

Answer 1

healthy, energetic, financially stable

Question 2

old-old

Answer 2

may have reduced mobility, but still care for self

Question 3

oldest-old

Answer 3

completely dependent on others

Question 4

ageism

Answer 4

prejudice where people are judged based on their age

Question 5

mary is 68 years old. she believes other people expect her to not exercise because of her age so she doesn’t go to the gym

Answer 5

stereotype threat

Question 6

linda is 78 years old and is good health but her senses are fading.

Answer 6

primary aging

Question 7

john has smoked his whole life, now that he is 65 he has to use an oxygen tank because he can’t breath when he walks for a long time

Answer 7

secondary aging

Question 8

factors that help with longevity

Answer 8

resilience
identity achievement 
emotional regulation 
optimism
temperament

Question 9

clair loves swimming and used to be very fast. now she is old and can’t go as fast as she use to so instead she swims more laps at a slower pace

Answer 9

selective optimization with compensation

Question 10

flynn effect

Answer 10

on average the IQ scores have gone up, unfair to compare different cohorts

Question 11

input

Answer 11

more difficult to pick up information because senses are fading

Question 12

information processing

Answer 12

working memory is slower, it takes longer to process information, some things get forgotten before they can be processed

Question 13

output

Answer 13

all five primary mental abilities decline around age 60 (verbal meaning, spatial orientation, inductive reasoning, number ability, and word fluency)

Question 14

integrity vs. despair

Answer 14

older people gain an interest in future generations and life as a whole. ability to look back and feel satisfied or look back and feel regrets.

Question 15

self-actualization

Answer 15

characterized by creative, aesthetic, philosophical, spiritual understanding.