DEP 2000 Spring 2007 Final Exam review Dr. Dubitsky
All questions based on Berger text
Chapter 16
1. Psychosocial development in adolescence centers around finding the answer two what question?
2. Define identity
3. define multiple selves
4. possible selves
5. false selves
6. acceptable false self
7. pleasing false self
8. experimental false self
9. what is the Eriksonian stage for adolescence
10. what is identity achievement
11. what is identity foreclosure
12. what is identity diffusion
13. what is identity moratorium
14. what is gender identity
15. what is ethnic identity
16. how are gender identity and ethnic identity related
17. Bickering occurs most often between which family members
18. what do parent-child arguments during teen years indicate
19. what is peer pressure
20. what happens to children’s feelings of competence when they become adolescents
Chapter 17
21. what is the most common reason why a women in her mid-20s would visit her doctor
22. what is senescence
23. what factor or factors influence the rate of senescence
24. what is the first visible sign of aging
25. what does the term organ reserve refer to
26. when does athletic performance peak
27. what happens to men’s sexual responsiveness as they age
28. what happens to women’s sexual responsiveness as they age
Chapter 18
29. what are the characteristics of post formal thought
30. what does dialectical thinking involve
31. define thesis
32. antithesis
33. synthesis
Chapter 19
34. what is freud’s definition of a healthy adult
35. according to Maslow, which needs must be met for an adult can focus on love and belonging
36. what is Erickson’s stage of early adulthood
37. what is the social clock
38. Are there cultural differences in the social clock
39. how do friends differ from family members
40. what are women engaged in a conversation most likely to talk about
41. what are men engaged in a conversation most likely to talk about
42. what fuels passion
43. define heterogamy
44. define social homogamy
45. what is social exchange theory
46. what is most likely to happen to cohabitating couples if they marry
Chapter 20
47. define primary aging
48. define secondary aging
49. what influences secondary aging
50. define glaucoma
51. define cataracts
52. define macular degeneration
53. what are the most important determinant of longevity for people reaching middle age in good health
54. what does almost everyone need by the end of middle age
55. what does the term male menopause refer to
56. what hormone deficit is related to menopause
57. what factor or factors are related to health in middle age
58. what are the benefits of regular exercise
59. what factors contribute to the variation in health in middle age
Chapter 21
60. what is the Flynn effect
61. what is fluid intelligence
62. what is crystallized intelligence
63. what are the cognitive characteristics of experts
64. how do experts differ from novices in their cognitive characteristics
Chapter 22
65. what is Erickson’s designation for the conflict in middle age
66. define ecological niche
67. define gender convergence
68. define gender crossover
69. define midlife crisis
70. What theorist believed that everyone has both a masculine and feminine side
71. define fictive family member
72. define social convoy
73. with whom do most middle-aged adults have their closest relationship
74. who is most likely to become a kinkeeper
75. how does a middle aged person’s attitudes towards her parents change
76. define sandwich generation
77. what lifestyle advice would you give a middle age person who is concerned about the effects of secondary aging on brain function
Chapters 23
78. define ageism
79. define geriatrics
80. define gerontology
81. what idea is supported when older people develop interests in painting, music and/or woodworking
82. which senses become less sharp in late adulthood
83. how do primary and secondary aging combine to effect major body systems
Chapter 24
84. what is terminal decline
85. are older adults aware of sensory deficits
86. do older adults under estimate or over estimate cognitive deficits
87. define dementia
88. what do the brain’s of Alzheimer’s victims look like
89. what are the effects of Parkinson’s
Chapter 25
90. what are self theories
91. what is Erickson’s designation for the late adulthood conflict
92. what is an older person exhibiting when he gets very angry at the mention that he may need a hearing aid
93. what has behavioral genetics demonstrated
94. what is stratification
95. who is most likely to be healthiest and happiest at age 75