Exam 4

Question 1

What is the last stage of dying according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Answer 1

Final acceptance— the person reaches an inner peace as they face the inevitable. The peace may not be contentment, but instead devoid of feeling entirely patients may still feel like death, but except it with a peace and dignity

Question 2

What is the average age of retirement?

Answer 2

The average retirement is 62 to 65 years old

Question 3

What is a symptom of inability to bounce back?

Answer 3

Depression and stress

Question 4

What are the characteristics of extroversion?

Answer 4

-contrasts talkativeness
-Assertiveness
-Activity with silence
-passivity and reserve

Question 5

What does it mean to reminisce and old age?

Answer 5

Reminiscence is considered to be normal aspect of aging. We’re patience. Look back on their lives events in late adulthood in an effort to construct a meaningful narrative for the life.

Question 6

How is form, spiritual reversibility related to death?

Answer 6

Religious traditions in the form of a soul of a person who has passed on dwelling in heaven, or paradise, forever, or being reincarnated on earth— it is how people think about death in a meaningful way

Question 7

What standards do medical in little professionals use to determine death

Answer 7

Brain death— secession of activity of the cerebral cortex

Question 8

What is bereavement?

Answer 8

The state of deprivation brought on by the death of a family member or close friend, characterized by feelings of grief, deep sense of loss

Question 9

What did John Bowlby contribute to the context of human development?

Answer 9

Bobby was the first to propose a stage theory for grief with coping that includes:
-Shock-numbness
-Yearning-searching
-Disorganization-despair
-Reorganization

Question 10

When do most people change their careers?

Answer 10

Young adulthood

Question 11

Define passive euthanasia

Answer 11

The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments to hasten death

Question 12

What personality variable is connected to high levels of Ericksons generativity scores?

Answer 12

Conscientiousness— contrast, organization, thoroughness, reliability, carelessness, negligence, and unreliability

Question 13

What characteristic may work against partners in middle age

Answer 13

Being similar

Question 14

According to Havinghurst at what stage of development does keeping our work at satisfactory levels occur?

Answer 14

Middle adulthood

Question 15

What impedes adjustment to retirement?

Answer 15

Link the attachment to work, lack of control over transition to retirement, worrying about retirement and lack of self-confidence

Question 16

What is elder abuse?

Answer 16

Abuse, or neglect of senior citizens

Question 17

What are mild tranquilizers used for an older adults?

Answer 17

Used for extreme anxiety

Question 18

According to Havinghurst at what stage of development do we establish deeper relationships?

Answer 18

Middle adulthood

Question 19

What does body esteem mean?

Answer 19

Pride in appearance in function of their bodies Xpress generally less by older men, an older woman

Question 20

What is social emotional selectivity theory and what does it entail?

Answer 20

The view that we place increasing emphasis on emotional experiences as we age, but limit or social contacts to regulate our emotions

Question 21

At what stage are pregnant women advice to check for chromosomal abnormalities

Answer 21

Age 35

Question 22

What accurately defines the term whole brain death

Answer 22

Secession of activity of the cerebral cortex in the brain stem, resulting in loss of psychological functioning in consciousness

Question 23

What is palliative care?

Answer 23

Treatment focused on pain, relief in relief of suffering rather than a cure

Question 24

What is embalming?

Answer 24

Treating a dead body with chemicals, in order to preserve it

Question 25

What is the boomerang generation?

Answer 25

Adult children who returned home for a prolonged. It is name so for the large percentage of whom choose to share a home with their parents after previously living on their own boomeranging back to the homes of their parents generally caused by stress, financial issues, depression, and negative life events.

Question 26

What is disengagement theory?

Answer 26

Older adults in society, withdraw from one another as older people approach death

Question 27

What is the difference between body transcendence versus body preoccupation

Answer 27

Transcendence happens gradually, and preoccupation is forced long by illness or disability

Question 28

What hormones rise when adults

Answer 28

Cortisol