Chapter 18

Question 1

ego integrity vs. despair

Answer 1

Erikson’s eith life crisis, defined by maintenance of the belief that life is meaningful and worthwhile despite physical decline and the inevitability of death vs. depression and hopelessness

Question 2

life review

Answer 2

looking back on the events of one’s life in late adulthood, often in an effort to construct a meaningful narrative

Question 3

disengagement theory

Answer 3

the view that older adults and society withdraw from one another as older adults approach death

Question 4

activity theory

Answer 4

the view that older adults fare better when they engage in physical and social activities

Question 5

Socioemotional selectivity theory

Answer 5

the view that we place increasing emphasis on emotional experience as we age but limit our social contacts to regulate our emotions

Question 6

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 6

general feelings of dread and foreboding

Question 7

phobic disorder

Answer 7

irrational, exaggerated fear of an object or situation

Question 8

panic disorder

Answer 8

recurrent experiencing of attacks of extreme anxiety in the absence of external stimuli that usually evoke anxiety

Question 9

agoraphobia

Answer 9

fear of open, crowded places

Question 10

elder abuse

Answer 10

the abuse or neglect of senior citizens, particularly in nursing homes

Question 11

selective optimization with compensation

Answer 11

reshaping of one’s life to concentrate on what one finds to be important and meaningful in the face of physical decline and possible cognitive impairment