Trivia that is very loosely connected to human development
100
Middle age is defined by your text as adults between the ages of ____ and ____.
What is 40-65?
100
This is Jung's term for emergence of the true self through balancing or integration of conflicting parts of the personality.
What is individuation?
100
The term for discrimination based on a person's age.
What is ageism?
100
The term for adaptive thinking or behavior aimed at reducing or relieving stress that arises from harmful, threatening, or challenging conditions.
What is coping?
100
Name the popular children's television show that debuted on PBS in 1969.
What is Sesame Street.
200
Age related vision problems occur mainly in these five areas.
What is near vision, dynamic vision, sensitivity to light, visual search, and speed of processing?
200
This is Erickson's term for the concern of mature adults to find meaning through contributing to society and leaving a legacy for future generations.
What is generativity?
200
As we get older, we move more slowly, become wrinkled, and may feel the effects of various chronic conditions or diseases; a process known as _________.
What is senescense?
200
This coping strategy involves attempting to manage the emotional response to a stressful situation to relieve its physical or psychological impact.
What is emotion-focused coping?
200
A good example of young adulthood, the series Friends featured six main characters by the names of....
Who are Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross?
300
In general, the aging brain can be described in these two ways.
What is working more slowly and having difficulty juggling multiple tasks?
300
Early in adulthood, this population reports higher levels of generativity; by late adulthood, this difference has faded.
Who are women?
300
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The term for the backup capacity that helps body systems function to their utmost capacity in times of stress.
What is reserve capacity?
300
Emotion focused coping can be especially useful in coping with this.
What is ambiguous loss?
300
He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. He is also a really good example of the bad behavior that adolescents tend to exhibit.
Who is Justin Bieber?
400
Almost 3 out of 4 cases of osteoporosis occurs in this specific population.
Who are white women?
400
In the US, this is the estimated number of grandparents raising their grandchildren, primarily due to illness, substance abuse, divorce, death, or teenage pregnancy of the childs parents.
What is 1 in 10.
400
The leading cause of visual impairment in older adults is ____________.
What is macular degeneration?
400
This is a strong predictor of emotionality and subjective well being-stronger in most respects than social relationships and health.
What is personality?
400
Name the popular series that features a young wizard, and appeals to children partly due to their inclination toward magical thinking.
Who is Harry Potter?
500
People in middle age tend to experience higher and more frequent levels of this than any other age group.
What is stress?
500
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In contrast to Jung, who saw midlife as a time of ______, Erickson believed middle age was more characterized by ________.
What is turning inward, outward turn.
500
This is the chief worry reported by older Americans.
What is loss of memory?
500
This is not a single event, but a dynamic adjustment process that is best conceptualized as a form of decision making.
What is retirement?
500
This series of videos were sold under the premise of making babies smarter; in reality, there is concern they actually cause delays in language development in toddlers.