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- 3. This type of employment seems to have a favorable impact on psychological well-being, but only when people choose it.
- 4. This label for aging better describes “successful aging” and reflects the reality that aging well involves not only achievement of desirable outcomes, but also effective coping with life’s challenges and losses.
- 7. __________ Reminiscence is an intervention aimed at integrating positive and negative memories from all life periods and has been found to help bereaved adults find a place for lost loved ones in their emotional lives.
- 8. This type of involvement is associated with a lot of different benefits including improved physical and psychological well-being, more time devoted to exercising and leisure activities, increased sense of closeness to family and friends, greater generativity, and a deeper sense of meaning in life.
- 9. Overall, what gender tends to show more physical and mental health problems and are at greater risk of mortality follow a spouse’s death?
- 10. About 1/3rd of baby boomers say devoting some time to this is an important part of a happy retirement.
- 13. Older adults who emphasize attainment of this type of life goals more often fear life’s end.
- 14. Older adults’ negative reactions to caregiving can result in _______.
- 17. Research has shown that ____ levels of emotional stability and well-bring are the norm rather than the exception among older people, at least into their 70s or early 80s.
- 18. Although there is a widely held belief that this inevitably leads to adjustment problems, research findings indicate people actually adjust well.
- 20. Following a divorce, older adults may find it difficult to separate their _____ from that of their former spouse, so they may experience a greater sense of personal failure.
- 21. Profound feelings of ______ rise with age as physical disability leads to diminished personal control and increased social isolation.
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- 1. Widowhood rates have declined over the past several decades as the rates of this among aging adults rose.
- 2. According to Robert Peck, Ego ______ is for those who invested heavily in their careers, finding other ways to affirm self-worth through family, friendship, and community life.
- 5. Older adults gain modestly in this personality characteristic into their 70s but declines in this tend to occur after age 80 as older adults are faced with physical and cognitive challenges.
- 6. Older adults high in this personality characteristic tend to cope poorly with stressful events and are at risk for health problems and earlier death.
- 11. Negative life changes may evoke ____ stress and depression in older adults than in younger adults.
- 12. Ego _____ is the part of the final psychological conflict of Erikson’s theory where adults realize that the paths they followed, abandoned, and never selected were necessary for pursuing a meaningful life course.
- 15. This may be responsible for family members and other caregivers responding to older adults in a way that promotes excessive dependency in old age.
- 16. This helps protect older adults from the psychological consequences of loss.
- 19. About what percent of older Americans have remained unmarried and childless throughout their lives?
- 22. A greater emphasis on regulating this in relationships may lead to more positive interactions between spouses and be the reason majority of aging adults maintain highly satisfying marriages.