Chapter 18

Question 1

Robert Pecks Developmental Tasks

Answer 1

Peck outlined three developmental tasks that people face in late adulthood

Question 2

Ego differentiation vs Work-role preoccupation

Answer 2

After retirement,
people need to find new ways of defining their self-worth outside their
achievements in the workplace

Question 3

Body transcendence vs body preoccupation

Answer 3

Physical decline;
best to shift to cognitive activities and social relationships; this stage
may come earlier as disability or chronic illness may arise.

Question 4

Ego transcendence vs ego preoccupation

Answer 4

This means preparing
in some way to go beyond the physical limitations of one’s own life expectancy; as death comes closer, transcend death by helping to secure
the future of their children or grandchildren; be involved with a religious
institution or environmental causes.

Question 5

Robert Peck’s Developmental Tasks

Answer 5

1. Ego differentiation vs work-role preoccupation
2. Body transcendence vs body preoccupation
   3.Ego transcendence vs Ego preoccupation

Question 6

The Reminiscence Bump (RB)

Answer 6

refers to the increase of autobiographical
memories from earlier in one’s life.

Question 7

Disengagement theory

Answer 7

Older people and society mutually withdraw from one another as older people approach death

Question 8

Activity theory

Answer 8

Older adults are
better adjusted when they are more
active and involved in physical and
social activities

Question 9

Socio-emotional selectivity theory

Answer 9

looks at older adults’ social networks;
as we age, increasing emphasis is placed on emotional experience, leading
to a greater focus on emotionally fulfilling experiences

Question 10

Depression

Answer 10

Depression affects some 10% of people aged 65 and above

Question 11

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 11

Anxiety disorders affect at least 3% of people aged 65 and above, but co-exist with depression

Question 12

Suicide

Answer 12

Untreated depression can lead to suicide, which is most common among older people. older man struggle with this the most.