Multidirectionality - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Demographics correct answer: study of population Baby boomers correct answer: people born during post WWII Population Aging is unprecedented correct answer: most rapid aging in the century. countries that started later have less time to adjust 2 remarkable older people correct answer: Olga Kotelko (Olympist) Diana Nyad (Triathlete) Gerentology correct answer: study of social, psychological, cognitive and biological aspects of aging Geriatrics correct answer: is the branch of...

75-year-old Mrs. A. has difficulty with her vision due to cataracts but her friend Mrs. B., also 75, can see perfectly. However, Mrs. B.'s arthritis makes it difficult for her to walk while Mrs. A. recently ran a senior marathon. This example illustrates which principle of adult development and aging? * A) Interindividual differences. B) Normal aging is different from disease. C) Survivors are an increasingly select group. D) Changes are continuous over the life span. A 77-year-old man ...

75-year-old Mrs. A. has difficulty with her vision due to cataracts but her friend Mrs. B., also 75, can see perfectly. However, Mrs. B.'s arthritis makes it difficult for her to walk while Mrs. A. recently ran a senior marathon. This example illustrates which principle of adult development and aging? * A) Interindividual differences. B) Normal aging is different from disease. C) Survivors are an increasingly select group. D) Changes are continuous over the life span. A 77-year-old man ...

Chapter 1 According to the continuity principle of adult development and aging, the experiences you have as a young adult will play what role in your development? People retain their identities about as they get older, even though their appearance changes. Changes over time in an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they cope with the physical changes involved in aging fall into which domain of the biopsychosocial perspective toward aging? Psychological Due to the process of...

1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Life-span development covers the period from __________ to __________. A. birth; middle adulthood B. birth; old age C. conception; early adulthood D. conception; death 2. Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"? A. growth and decline in skills and processes B. growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence C. ...

1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Life-span development covers the period from __________ to __________. A. birth; middle adulthood B. birth; old age C. conception; early adulthood D. conception; death 2. Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"? A. growth and decline in skills and processes B. growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence C. ...

1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Life-span development covers the period from __________ to __________. A. birth; middle adulthood B. birth; old age C. conception; early adulthood D. conception; death 2. Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"? A. growth and decline in skills and processes B. growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence C. ...