Exam 3: Social and Psychological Theories in Later Life Development

A) view of our life structure as we reflect back on our past experiences.
B) set of behavioral expectations others have for us.
C) reflections of self that come from the appraisals of others.
D) set of goals one sets for themselves at particular ages.

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A) growing old is a process of becoming.
B) growing old is a state of mind.
C) older adults must continue to learn in order to age successfully.
D) men and women age differently.

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A) begin to lose impulse control.
B) usually become happier and more fulfilled.
C) are less able to suppress unconscious and instinctual drives .
D) become aware of discrepancies between conventions and their own behavior.

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A) mechanistic
B) organic
C) emergent self
D) transcendent self

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A) emotionally
B) biologically
C) culturally
D) instinctually

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A) with the task of becoming an independent, autonomous person.
B) internalize the social expectations of society.
C) consciously focus on the aging process.
D) maintain intimate ties with their families.
E) All of these choices

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A) mostly likely to occur when young children start to school.
B) depression felt when an adult child returns home after divorce or losing a job.
C) the new sense of life satisfaction when adult children move away from home.
D) more likely to be experienced by women whose energies focused on childrearing.

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A) Jacques, Levinson, and Sheehy
B) Freud and Jung
C) Erickson and Jacques
D) Jung, Sheehy, and Levinson

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A) is a physical state based on disease or injury.
B) is an outcome of the aging process itself.
C) will eventually occur to everyone.
D) All of these choices

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A) mechanistic
B) organic
C) emergent self
D) transcendent self

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A) forming and maintaining intimate relationships.
B) giving an interpretation of one's life as having purpose.
C) forgetting all one's bad experiences in life.
D) apologizing or trying to make amends for one's past mistakes or wrongdoings.

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A) decreased bodily production of estrogen.
B) loss of fertility.
C) diminished sexuality.
D) symptoms such as hot flashes, genital atrophy, urinary tract changes, and loss of bone density.

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A) people develop their internal self potential through balancing of competing opposites.
B) repressed childhood desires determine future personality development.
C) the personality has become rigid, no longer capable of change.
D) life choices are determined primarily by internalization of societal expectations.

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A) open features.
B) positive features.
C) closed features.
D) negative features.

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