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Life Span #18
Late Adulthood: 65 & up
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Erickson Ego Integrity Versus Despair | Accept that one’s life span is limited, basic challenge in crisis of ego integrity- maintain belief that life is meaningful & worthwhile despite physical decline & the inevitability of death (derived from wisdom) |
| Robert Peck Developmental Tasks | Ego differentiation versus work-role preoccupation, Body transcendence versus body preoccupation, Ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation |
| Ego differentiation versus work-role preoccupation | Find way to define self-worth outside of their workplace & workplace achievements |
| Body transcendence versus body preoccupation | face inevitable physical decline; come to terms with it. Place value on cognitive activities & social relationships |
| Ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation | go beyond physical limitation of one’s own life span. Making a name for yourself |
| Life review | looking back on life (reminiscence) in an effort to construct a meaningful narrative |
| Disengagement Theory | older people & society mutually withdraw from one another |
| Activity Theory | older adults are adjusted when they are more active & involved in physical & social activities |
| Socioemotional selectivity theory | more focused on emotionally fulfilling experiences, regulate their emotional lives by limiting their social interaction |
| Depression | 65-80 years affects 10%, 81 & above affects 20%, also connected with the “big five” factor of neuroticism, Inability to bounce back from a loss is a sign of |
| Psychological Development | Self-esteem tied into independence & dependence, Self-esteem for males is higher than females, progressively less body esteem- pride in appearance, Body esteem for males is higher than females |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | general feeling of dread & foreboding |
| Phobic disorder | irrational, exaggerated fear of an object or situation |
| Panic disorder | recurrent attacks of extreme anxiety in absence of external stimuli |
| Friendships | narrowed to friends who are most like them & enjoy the same activities |
| Successful aging | Overall good health, physical activity, social networking & absence of cognitive impairment & depression, Sexual activity remains desirable, Seek emotional fulfillment |
| Which is true of “body esteem” in late adulthood? | Older men express lower body esteem than older women do. |
| What percentage of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults aged 60–91 reported good or excellent mental health in a research study? | 75% |
| Which of the following is not true about depression in late adulthood? | Depression and sadness are pretty much the same thing in late adulthood. |
| Which of the following life issues tends to increase in importance as couples reach their 60s? | intimacy |
| As compared with couples in midlife, older couples show more affectionate behavior when they discuss conflicts, and they disagree with one another. | less |
| Older adults may be reluctant to relocate to nursing homes because nursing homes signify the loss of | independence. |
| The average person retiring at age 65 has about of life to look forward to. | 20 years, two decades |
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