Deck 25: Seciton 2: Late Adulthood: Psychosocial

Question 1

The view that elderly people want and need to remain actively engaged with relatives, friends, and community groups is the _____ theory.

Answer 1

activity

Question 2

_____ theories focus on the ways in which people organize themselves and are organized by society according to their particular characteristics and circumstances.

Answer 2

Stratification

Question 3

In general, older couples have learned how to _____ and actually consider their conflicts to be discussions, not fights.

Answer 3

disagree

Question 4

An older adult who came from a family with low _____ would have received less education and worse health care than someone who grew up in a higher segment of society.

Question 5

Older adults who want to remain in their homes are expressing a desire to _____.

Question 6

Happiness typically _____ with the length of an intimate relationship.

Question 7

Consistent with Erikson's theory, _____ is a feeling of being whole and comfortable with oneself.

Question 8

The elderly are _____ likely to volunteer on political campaigns.

Question 9

In the United States today, _____ percent of people over the age of 75 have never married.

Question 10

The family members, friends, and peers who move through life together make up a _____.

Question 11

_____ theories focus on the ways people negotiate challenges to the self.

Question 12

As adults age, they are more likely to perceive and remember events in their lives with fondness and goodwill, demonstrating the _____.

Question 13

People can choose to cope with changes of late adulthood through selective optimization with _____.

Question 14

_____ theory states that aging makes a person's social sphere increasingly narrow, resulting in relinquishment of roles, withdrawal, and passivity.

Question 15

_____ grandparents entertain and "spoil" their grandchildren.

Question 16

When parents are unable or unwilling to take care of their children, some grandparents become _____.

Question 17

Older adults attend _____ religious services than the middle aged, but their faith _____ with age.

Question 18

Grandparents who are active in the day-to-day lives of their grandchildren are called _____ grandparents.

Question 19

The obligation of adult children to care for their elderly parents is known as _____.

Question 20

A _____ family consists of many generations but each generation consists of only a few members.

Question 21

An intermediate form of care for older adults is referred to as _____.

Question 22

In the U.S., the number of nursing home residents has _____ in the past 20 years

Question 23

In _____, the elderly live near each other and pool resources so that all can benefit and stay in their homes.

Question 24

Currently, the national average cost of _____ care for one year is $85,755.

Question 25

Most nursing home residents are over _____ years old.

Question 26

Activities and actions that require some intellectual competence and forethought are referred to as _____ activities of daily living.

Question 27

The caregiver for a frail elderly person is usually the _____, who is also usually elderly.