NSU PYCL512 2022 November Exam 3 Latest

PYCL512 Human Growth and Development

Exam 3

Question 1Which of the following statements about changes in intelligence is true?

  Age-related declines are first noted for skills that require speed of response.

  Adult intelligence follows a single pattern of development.

  Overall, intelligence decreases gradually throughout adulthood.

  Schooling has relatively little to do with the development of intelligence.

 Question 2When students take multiple-choice exams, they are using the form of intelligence that Sternberg calls:

  academic.

  creative.

  practical.

  analytic.

 Question 3What did Baltes and Baltes call the capacity of adults to use their intellectual strengths to compensate for declining capacities?

  maturation of compensation

  optimization of maturation and wisdom

  selective optimization with compensation

  compensatory thinking

 Question 4Identify the stage of adulthood in Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.

  trust versus mistrust

  industry versus inferiority

  initiative versus guilt

  generativity versus stagnation

 Question 5Susan's grandmother, at age 80, is in the final stage of adulthood, namely:

  industry versus inferiority.

 

  integrity versus despair.

  generativity versus stagnation.

  identity versus role confusion.

 Question 6In which country did a six-nation study find the highest rates of conflict between adults and their aging parents?

  Germany

  United States

  England

  Spain

 Question 7Caregivers diminish the independence of the elderly by:

  helping them too little.

  not helping them at all.

  ignoring their needs.

  helping them too much.

 Question 8The age group least likely to be involved in motor vehicle accidents is people aged:

  35–44.

  45–54.

  55–64.

  25–34.

 Question 9For people who reach late adulthood in good health, the most important determinant of longevity may be:

  their activities and attitudes.

  the climate in which they live.

  the calorie content of their diet.

  medical care.

 Question 10According to the textbook, what is one of the changes that happens to the brain during senescence?

  Cerebral blood circulates more slowly.

  Mylenation thickens.

  Neural fluid increases.

  The corpus callosum increases.

 Question 11When Alzheimer disease appears in middle age rather than old age, it:

  progresses more rapidly.

  is benign.

  progresses more slowly.

  causes death within a year.

 Question 12Which of the following theories claim that social forces limit individual choice and direct life, especially in late adulthood?

  dynamic theories

  stratification theories

  self theories

  behavioral theories

 Question 13Ed and Janet have been married for 60 years. When asked to share their secret to a long marriage, Ed replied:

  “We have separate bedrooms.”

  “We have learned how to disagree.”

  “We spend time apart every day.”

  “We maintain a close relationship with our children.”

 Question 14The study of death and dying is known as:

  thanatology.

  ethnology.

  oncology.

  gerontology.

 Question 15A seriously ill person is allowed to die naturally, without any medical intervention, via what is called:

  active euthanasia.

  suicide.

  passive euthanasia.

  assisted suicide.