Fill in the Blank pt. 1
What is the basis of the economy is the United States?
Work
What psychologists undertook an intensive long-term study to determine adult male development stages?
Daniel Levinson
In American society, adult stages of development are experienced differently by men and women.
True
Is the scientific study of the processes and phenomena of aging.
Gerontology
Involves performing all of the tasks necessary to produce goods and provide services that meet human needs.
Work
What percentage of unemployment is accepted in the United States?
Five percent
How many years do American workers often spend in the labor force?
50 years
The stages of adult female development are not heavily influenced by marriage, work, family, and raising children.
False
A practice that involves moving business units and jobs across national boundaries, where operating and labor costs are less expensive.
Outsourcing
The idea when men prepare to enter full adulthood.
Novice phase
What is the shift from being an independent adult to being dependent on others for physical or financial assistance?
Dependency
What disease is usually associated with the Middle-old group?
Alzheimer's disease
Changing jobs and/or careers is a well-established pattern in the United States.
True
The combination of statuses, roles, activities, goals, values, beliefs, and life circumstances that characterize and individual.
Life-structure
Is the situation that occurs when a person does not have a job but is actively seeking paid employment.
Unemployment
In the 1900s, what was 45% of the labor of work based on?
Manufacturing
What is supposed to be the projected percentage of people 65 and older in 2030?
20 percent
Older Americans do not face many challenges, including physical and mental decline, dependency, and death.
False
All individuals age 16 and older who are employed in paid positions or who are seeking paid employment.
Labor force
Match the age group with the life structure.
Life structures: Early Adulthood, The Age 30 Transition, Settling Down, The Midlife Transition
Age groups: 28 through 32, 33 through 39, 17 through 22, 40 through 44
Early Adulthood: 17 through 22
The Age 30 Transition: 28 through 32
Settling Down: 33 through 39
The Midlife Transition: 40 through 44
Daniel Levinson developed a theory of adult male development based on three main eras. Name those eras.
Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood
Levinson stated that women go through basically the same stages of adult development, but a great difference in ________ and ________.
Social Roles and Identities
This person fosters a person's development by believing in the person and helping the person achieve his or her dreams.
Mentor
Match the age group to the group discussed by gerontologists.
Groups: Young-old, Middle-old, Old-old
Age groups: 75 through 84, 65 through 74, 85 and older
Young-old: 65 through 74
Middle-old: 75 through 84
Old-old: 85 and older