life span final exam jeopardy

Question 1

What is a shift in the center of

gravity?

Answer 1

This happens to the elderly
population and can be a cause of
falls

Question 2

What is the leading cause of death in

middle aged adults?

Answer 2

Heart disease

Question 3

What is bargaining?

Answer 3

Sometimes patients and families will
try to do this to get more days or
months before death occurs

Question 4

What is during middle adulthood

Answer 4

The psychosocial stage of

generativity

Question 5

What is between the ages of 45 and

55?

Answer 5

Menopause occurs in women

Question 6

What happens biologically to

joints in the elderly?

Answer 6

Loss of elasticity in tendons and

ligaments in joints

Question 7

what occurs in women after the age of 35?

Answer 7

gradual decline in bone mass

Question 8

the reaction to an expected loss

such as that with a terminal illness

Answer 8

Anticipatory grief

Question 9

When it comes to sleep: these persons need

more rest than sleep

Answer 9

older adults of late

adulthood

Question 10

What are biological theories of

aging?

Answer 10

Clockwork theory, free-radical theory, wear-
and-tear theory, immune-system-failure
theory, autoimmune theory

Question 11

What do you need to read for the

Life Span exam?

Answer 11

Chapter 2 Communication

Question 12

What is something you need to know for the

Life Span exam?

Answer 12

Maslow’s Hierarchy of

needs (the pyramid)

Question 13

Durable power
of attorney for
healthcare

Answer 13

Is the person 
that can make 
decisions for the 
unconscious dying 
patient

Question 14

Stages of grief according to

Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Answer 14

denial,
anger, bargaining,
depression and
acceptance

Question 15

Erikson’s idea of the
foundation of a healthy
personality

Answer 15

trust

Question 16

What is the 
process of 
reviewing life 
and giving 
meaning to life?

Answer 16

Reminiscing

Question 17

What are factors that can contribute to depression and suicide in the older adult

Answer 17

Multiple losses, chronic disease, and polypharmacy

Question 18

Classic signs of

delirium

Answer 18

emotional lability (drastic changes in mood), hallucinations, and delusions

Question 19

Erikson’s psychosocial stage of development for

late adulthood

Answer 19

ego integrity

Question 20

What are
characteristics
of dementia?

Answer 20

Gradual in onset, chronic, progressive over years, disorientation later in illness, psychomotor
changes late in disease

Question 21

What is Gerontology?

Answer 21

The study of
older aged adults
or late adulthood

Question 22

What are signs

of drug abuse?

Answer 22

Secretiveness, increased lethargy, change in appetite, lack of care for appearance

Question 23

what is the major role
change during
middle age

Answer 23

when grown
children are
leaving the
home

Question 24

What should be 
performed by 
women every 
month, one week 
after menses

Answer 24

Self-breast

exam

Question 25

The psychosocial
task of early
adulthood

Answer 25

intimacy

Question 26

What is

compensation?

Answer 26

Excelling at 
something in 
order to make up 
for a perceived 
inadequacy

Question 27

Self-awareness

Answer 27

the ability to have
insight into one’s own
personal feelings?

Question 28

Early Adulthood

Answer 28

from 20 to early 40s

Question 29

What are the phases of therapeutic communication?

Answer 29

Orientation phase, working phase, and the termination phase

Question 30

What is the ability
to understand a
person’s feelings
and viewpoints

Answer 30

Empathy

Question 31

What is skin cancer?

Answer 31

Over-exposure to ultraviolet light

Question 32

What is the speed at which adults

respond to a stimulus?

Answer 32

Reaction time

Question 33

What is early adulthood?

Answer 33

During this time there is peak

physical efficiency

Question 34

What is considered the time when
middle adults experience “empty
nest syndrome”

Answer 34

Grown children are leaving the

home

Question 35

What occurs in 
middle 
adulthood if the 
individual 
doesn’t achieve 
generativity

Answer 35

Stagnation

Question 36

What are hot

flashes?

Answer 36

The capillaries near
the skin surface
dilate in menopausal
women to cause this

Question 37

The nurse educates
menopausal women
to do this

Answer 37

seek out
medical advice
regarding hormone
therapy

Question 38

What happens
during middle
adulthood?

Answer 38

individuals look
inside themselves
to reassess values
and beliefs

Question 39

What are hot flashes followed by 
chills, palpitations, nervousness, 
headache, loss of muscle strength, 
decreased elasticity of skin, increased 
facial hair, decreased vaginal 
lubrication, sleep disturbances, and 
fatigue

Answer 39

They are signs of
menopause in middle
age women

Question 40

What is the oral

contraceptive?

Answer 40

this one can
achieve 100% effectiveness
if used properly

Question 41

What is difficulty
seeing up close
and loss of hearing
acuity?

Answer 41

Presbyopia is this

and presbycusis

Question 42

avoiding eating a large meal 
before bedtime, planning regular exercise 
in the early afternoon, following a 
bedtime routine, practicing relaxation 
before bedtime, not watching TV or 
reading while in bed, waking up at the 
same time every day

Answer 42

These
suggestions
should help you
get better sleep

Question 43

What is early

adulthood?

Answer 43

This age frame
experiences
PEAK efficiency

Question 44

Individuals that 
are unemployed 
for long periods of 
time can 
experience this

Answer 44

social

isolation

Question 45

What is found on

page 174

Answer 45

The definition of

sexism

Question 46

What should
be performed
1 week after
menstruation?

Answer 46

Women and
breast self-
examination

Question 47

Healthy bones need 
calcium...the body 
begins to lose bone 
mass starting at 
what age?

Answer 47

age 35