HDFS 210 Exam 3 Study Questions with Correct Answers

Mita is 21 years old. She has two jobs and is attending a local college. However, due to her hectic schedule, she is experiencing several stressors that are contributing to physical ailments. Mita does not want to take medication for her stress. The therapist at the college informs her to try to increase contact with friends as a means of decreasing her stress. This is referred to as ______ a. social support b. emotion-focused coping c. hardiness d. resiliency to stress a. When middle-aged people focus on work that is directed toward others rather than themselves, Erik Erikson called this ______ a. life events models b. generativity c. midlife crisis d. normative-crisis models b. Research indicates that the fastest-growing segment of the population is the _____ a. old old b. young old c. geriatrics d. oldest old d. In the Battle of the Brains, what was different about Nathan'sbrain (the high IQ expert), according to the MRI scan? a. his hippocampus was bigger than average b. his brain was the same size as an average person c. his brain was smaller than an average person d. his brain was bigger than average person c. The "silent killer" refers to ________ a. alcoholsim b. drug addiction c. strokes d. hypertension d. Older people find it harder to recall information regarding ______ a. unfamiliar things b. life experiences c. familiar things d. historical facts a.