chapter 14

Question 1

accommodate

Answer 1

The adjustment of schemas in response to new experiences.

Question 2

generativity

Answer 2

The dedication and investment of self and personal resources in the promotion of the health of society and future generations.

Question 3

stagnation

Answer 3

Remaining focused on day-to-day self-centred activities and interests; a failure to shift one’s focus and investment to future- and other-oriented goals.

Question 4

launching phase

Answer 4

This is a term for a portion of the family life cycle that begins when the first child leaves home and continues until the last child leaves.

Question 5

empty nest syndrome

Answer 5

Feelings of distress and depression in mid-life as a result of losing the parental role as adult children become independent.

Question 6

relational ambivalence

Answer 6

Simultaneous positive and negative feelings about a relationship.

Question 7

childfree

Answer 7

Never having birthed or parented a child.

Question 8

marital biography

Answer 8

Information about the number, timing, and duration of marriages in a person’s life.

Question 9

living apart together (LAT)

Answer 9

When couples who have an intimate relationship maintain separate residences.

Question 10

sandwich generation

Answer 10

A group of caregivers, commonly between ages 40 and 50, who simultaneously provide care for their children and for their parents.

Question 11

caregiver

Answer 11

In the context of a family, an unpaid role that involves taking responsibility for someone with chronic illness or who is approaching the natural end of life.

Question 12

kinkeeper

Answer 12

Within a family, the person responsible for organizing communications, maintaining relationships among family members, carrying out family traditions, and valuing family celebrations.

Question 13

emotional expression

Answer 13

A verbal or non-verbal behaviour that expresses emotion.

Question 14

paradox of well-being

Answer 14

The idea that even though the aging process is characterized by significant physiological and cognitive decline, adults report feeling emotionally positive.

Question 15

socio-emotional selectivity theory (SST)

Answer 15

The theory that people change their values as they get older, investing more socio-emotional energy in events they perceive as meaningful.

Question 16

antecedent-focused emotion regulation

Answer 16

The use of emotion regulation strategies before facing a stimulus.

Question 17

response-focused emotion regulation

Answer 17

The use of emotion regulation strategies, such as self-talk, after facing a stimulus.

Question 18

hedonic well-being

Answer 18

The sense of feeling good about and satisfied with one’s life while experiencing an absence of negative feelings.

Question 19

eudaimonic well-being

Answer 19

An individual’s engagement in leading a productive life, associated with personal growth and fulfillment of one’s potential.

Question 20

mid-life crisis

Answer 20

The psychological experience of recognizing that life is half over and making course corrections to romantic life, career, and living situation to make life more consistent with values and desires.

Question 21

gender convergence

Answer 21

The tendency for both males and females to become more similar as they mature.

Question 22

gender crossover

Answer 22

The tendency for each sex to adopt traits strongly associated with the opposite gender.

Question 23

bridge jobs

Answer 23

Less demanding full- or part-time jobs taken up in mid-life that ease the transition to retirement

Question 24

encore career

Answer 24

A new career path developed in mid-life that combines continued income, personal meaning, and social impact.

Question 25

3. The redemptive self is a story of a person who experienced all of the following on the pathway to generativity in mid-life except:

a. an early, unique strength

b. identity in adolescence

c. a world view that serves as a moral compass

d. balanced pursuit of investment in self and others

Answer 25

b. identity in adolescence

Question 26

7. Which of the following is not one of the top three criteria for mid-life divorce?

a. sexual issues

b. physical abuse

c. stepchildren

d. different points of view

Answer 26

c. stepchildren

Question 27

11. What does the socio-emotional selectivity theory state?

a. People in mid-life invest positive emotions in things they value.

b. People in mid-life invest intense emotions in memories.

c. People in mid-life selectively remember only positive events.

d. People in mid-life selectively remember only negative events.

Answer 27

a. People in mid-life invest positive emotions in things they value.