Aging & Physical Changes
Q: This theory states that aging occurs because unstable molecules accumulate and damage cells.
A: What is the oxidative damage theory?
Q: This type of memory declines earliest and most noticeably with age.
A: What is episodic memory?
Q: This theory says older adults prefer fewer but more meaningful social relationships.
A: What is socioemotional selectivity theory?
Q: Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism belong to this model.
A: What is the Five-Factor Model?
Q: This career theory includes stages such as growth, exploration, and establishment.
A: What is Super’s Life-Span/Life-Space Theory?
Q: The age when bone mass peaks before beginning to decline.
A: What is age 30?
Q: The type of intelligence involving accumulated knowledge and experience.
A: What is crystallized intelligence?
Q: Identity exploration, instability, and feeling “in-between” describe this developmental stage.
A: What is emerging adulthood?
Q: The three basic psychological needs in Deci & Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory.
A: What are autonomy, competence, and relatedness?
Q: Holland’s RIASEC model identifies this many career personality types.
A: What is six?
Q: Cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration are changes affecting this sensory system.
A: What is vision?
Q: Remembering to take medication on time depends on this type of memory.
A: What is prospective memory?
Q: The caregiving group that provides the most hours of ADL care to others.
A: Who are adults age 75+?
Q: The emotional reaction related to fear of death or one’s own end of life.
A: What is chronic stress?
Q: High job demands combined with low control define this harmful work condition.
A: What is job strain?
Q: The term for increased blood pressure due to arterial stiffening and lifestyle factors.
A: What is hypertension?
Q: This type of attention—dividing focus between multiple tasks—declines significantly with age.
A: What is divided attention?
Q: According to Gottman, this negative communication sign is the strongest predictor of divorce.
A: What is contempt?
Q: The emotional reaction related to fear of death or one’s own end of life.
A: What is death anxiety?
Q: Older workers perform as well as younger employees due to this compensatory factor.
A: What is experience?
Q: Telomere shortening belongs to this major category of aging theories.
A: What is the genetic theory of aging?
Q: Exercise, education, intellectual activity, and social connection are all factors shown to influence this.
A: What is cognitive aging/decline?
Q: Associational, affectual, functional, and structural are components of this family theory.
A: What is intergenerational solidarity theory?
Q: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are stages in this model.
A: What is Kübler-Ross's stages of dying/grief?
Q: Financial security, health, and voluntary withdrawal from work are all predictors of this outcome.
A: What is a happy retirement?