Exam 3

Late Adulthood

100

Who tends to have a higher life expectancy, men or women?

Women

200

What is the current life expectancy in the U.S.?

75-85 years old 

300

What is the name for the hearing issue, often experienced with aging where someone has "ringing in the ears?" 

Tinnitus

400

Macular degeneration is a deterioration of what tissue?

The retina

500

Disengagement theory argues that normal and developmentally appropriate aging involves...

Giving up or abandoning past relationships, activities, senses of identity...

Late Adulthood

100

Skilled nursing facilities provide assistance in ADLs and also...

Medical care

200

"Aging in Place" is the idea of growing old where?

At home 

300

Religion has been _______ correlated with well-being related to aging. (Positively or negatively)

Positively 

400

What three factors tend be used to describe successful aging?

Cognitive abilities, physical heath and continued social relationships

500

In Eriksons last stage of development (ego integrity vs. despair) what might despair look like?

Regret for decisions, not accepting one's own inevitable death, desiring change in life that there may not be time for...

Death and Dying

100

Around what age is the fear of death highest for most people?

40-50's

200

Unique invulnerability is the idea that some teens have related to death. Teens with this mentality might understand death but think...

It won't happen to them, it only happens to other people

300

What is Palliative care?

Medical care that provides comfort but not cures or extreme life saving attempts. 

400

What is the name for the philosophy of end of life care that involves comfort and sense of control?

Hospice

500

What are the 5 stages of Kubler-Ross's model of grief?

Denial, Anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance