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Test Bank for Adult
Development and
Aging, 2nd
Canadian Edition,
By Whitbourne,
Whitbourne,
Konnert (All
Chapters)

, Chapter 1
Themes and Issues in Adult Development and Aging
Multiple Choice Questions

1. Research on adaptation to aging suggests that the most important factor determining your health, happiness,
and longevity may very well be your ______ age.
a) chronological
b) subjective
c) biological
d) sociological

Answer: b
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective



2. The term __________ captures the concept that aging involves an interaction among processes such as physical
changes, cognition, and social context:
a) biopsychosocial
b) physiocultural
c) multidirectional
d) transformational

Answer: a
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective



3. Of the following areas of aging, which would be considered a “biological” component of the biopsychosocial
model?
a) Changes in muscle mass.
b) Loss of a spouse.
c) Retirement from a job.
d) Gains in vocabulary skills.

Answer: a
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective



4. Which of the following would be considered a “social” age-related factor in the biopsychosocial perspective?
a) Improving in wisdom.
b) Losing muscle strength.
c) Becoming a grandparent.
d) Increasing in conscientiousness.

,Answer: c
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective



5. The changes that individuals experience in income and residence when they retire and move out of the home
where they spent their working lives would fall into the ____________ domain of the biopsychosocial model.
a) psychological
b) sociocultural
c) biological
d) cognitive

Answer: b
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective



6. Changes over time in an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they cope with the physical changes
involved in aging fall into which domain of the biopsychosocial perspective toward aging?
a) Sociocultural
b) Biological
c) Gerontological
d) Psychological

Answer: d
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective



7. According to the continuity principle of adult development and aging, the experiences you have as a young adult
will play what role in your development?
a) Young people are able to make up for any damage they do their bodies when they get older.
b) The friends people have in their college years will most likely be the same ones they have later in life.
c) People retain their identities about as they get older, even though their appearance changes.
d) Older adults would prefer to be treated as “old” rather than as the people they were when younger.

Answer: c
Section Reference: Four Principles of Adult Development and Aging



8. The ________________ principle of adult development and aging proposes that changes build on themselves
over life in a cumulative fashion.
a) selection
b) continuity
c) individuality
d) normative

Answer: b
Section Reference: Four Principles of Adult Development and Aging

, 9. Because the _____________ are the individuals we study in later life, researchers caution that the findings may
not be true for everyone born in a given period of time.
a) institutionalized
b) less able
c) young-old
d) survivors

Answer: d
Section Reference: Four Principles of Adult Development and Aging



10. Which of the following might account for the fact that the people who live to old age are the “survivors”?
a) They ate foods that are rich in dietary cholesterol.
b) Their families provided a strong support network.
C) They have lived a life in which they took high risks.
d) They avoided exercising or being too physically active.

Answer: b
Section Reference: Four Principles of Adult Development and Aging



11. How does the fact that older adults are survivors influence research on aging?
a) Researchers must adapt their test instruments to accommodate them.
b) Healthy older adults tend to be the exception rather than the rule.
c) Psychological studies have less validity than studies on biology of aging.
d) The available samples are positively selected on important characteristics.

Answer: d
Section Reference: Four Principles of Adult Development and Aging



12. Which of the following is not characteristic of older adult survivors?
a) Good health and physical funtioning
b) Cognitive and intellectual functioning
c) Opportunistic risk taking
d) Personality

Answer: c
Section Reference: Four Principles of Adult Development and Aging



13. 75-year-old Mrs. A. has difficulty with her vision due to cataracts but her friend Mrs. B., also 75, can see
perfectly. However, Mrs. B.’s arthritis makes it difficult for her to walk while Mrs. A. recently ran a senior
marathon. This example illustrates which principle of adult development and aging?

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