Positive Aging Midterm exam with complete solutions
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Positive Aging
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Positive Aging
What are three ways to keep your brain young?
Fast walking
Being social
Relaxation
Normative versus nonnormative
Normative: Biological and sociocultural influences that linked fairly clearly with age
Eg: Puberty and menopause
Nonnormative: Events that are significant and unique for a...
Positive Aging Midterm exam with
complete solutions
What are three ways to keep your brain young? - ANSWER-Fast walking
Being social
Relaxation
Normative versus nonnormative - ANSWER-Normative: Biological and sociocultural
influences that linked fairly clearly with age
Eg: Puberty and menopause
Nonnormative: Events that are significant and unique for a particular individual, but are
not typical to the everyday pattern of life
Eg: Death of a parent and disability
Experiences such as menopause and facial wrinkling are: - ANSWER-Normative age-
graded influences
What is it: Influences that are predictable w/ age
Social security began in 1935 as an initiative by President: - ANSWER-Roosevelt
Multidirectionality refers to: - ANSWER-development and aging involving both decline
and growth.
Change due to disease, lifestyle, and environmental factors across adulthood is termed
by: - ANSWER-secondary aging (not related to normal aging process)
Tertiary aging - ANSWER-Rapid loss occurring shortly before death (terminal drop)
, Holistic aging - ANSWER-Emphasizing a balance between mind, body, and soul within
the aging process
A religious conversion that occurred for a young adult is an example of: - ANSWER-
Nonnormative event
According to the text, because of the changing population trends in the US, the chances
of _____ conflict may increase - ANSWER-Intergenerational
Jamal experienced a rapid loss of his ability to function shortly before his death at 79,
Jamal's development change is an example of
____ aging: - ANSWER-Tertiary aging
[] Refers to the extent to which an aging study instrument measures what the
investigator thinks it is measuring reflects the instruments: - ANSWER-Validity
What is reliability - ANSWER-The extent to which the results of the test are accurate
and consistent
Women have approximately a [ ] year advantage over men in longevity - ANSWER-5
Getting a flu shot is an example of [ ] prevention - ANSWER-Primary
Two types of ageism include: - ANSWER-Explicit and implicit
What is it: Explicit is a conscious effort whereas implicit is unconscious
Three categories of centenarians: - ANSWER-Survivors, delayers, & escapers
Five ways of defining age: - ANSWER-Chronological
Biological
Psychological
Social
Perceived/subjective
Chronological age - ANSWER-Age measured in years, months and says an individual's
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