PT10403 TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT WEEK 14 1. Erik Erikson believed that people who experience intimacy and generativity in earlier adulthood are more likely to develop _____ in later adulthood. a. trust b. integrity c. autonomy d. identity foreclosure 2. Daria is a 75-year-old widow who loves children. When schoolchildren walk by her house, she gives them flowers from her garden to take to their mothers. All the children in the neighborhood affectionately call her the “flower lady,” and they stop by at every chance for a cookie or a story from Daria. Erik Erikson would describe Daria as being in a state of _____. a. trust b. integrity c. autonomy d. intimacy 3. Erikson believed that elderly adults use their impending death as a motivation to look back and evaluate their life. This form of retrospection is what many theorists call: a. life review. b. identity resolution. c. integrity formation. d. retrospective spirit. 4. Which of the following is a therapy clinicians use to resolve the regrets and lower the depression older adults face? a. gestalt therapy b. reminiscence therapy c. schema therapy d. drama therapy 5. Which theory explains why older adults spend most of their time with familiar individuals and family? a. activity theory b. socioemotional selectivity theory c. social discontinuity theory d. disengagement theory 6. According to the socioemotional selectivity theory, individuals are motivated by two types of goals—emotional and: a. spiritual. b. practical. c. relational. d. knowledge-related. PT10403 TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT WEEK 14 7. Life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes and his colleagues believe that successful aging is related to three main factors: a. assortment, enhancement, and remuneration. b. reorganization, compensation, and optimization. c. selection, optimization, and compensation. d. remuneration, selection, and enhancement. 8. Older adults focus on _____; the oldest-old focus on _____. a. family; thinking about life b. friends; family c. cognitive fitness; physical fitness d. family; health 9. Which of the two personality traits in the Big Five factors of personality are associated with mortality (an earlier death)? a. low conscientiousness and high neuroticism b. low religiosity and high materialism c. low agreeableness and high neuroticism d. low extroversion and low openness 10. Prejudice against others because of their age, especially prejudice against older adults is known as _____. a. ageism b. gerontophobia c. adultism d. adultcentrism 11. Older adults not being hired for new jobs, being eased out of old ones because they are perceived as too rigid or feebleminded, and being eased out because they are not considered cost effective are examples of: a. eldercare. b. ageism. c. generational inequity. d. age incongruity. 12. Who is the most likely caregiver for Mrs. Downes, an 84-year-old frail elder? a. her daughter b. her sister c. her son d. her daughter-in-law 13. Mavis, age 72, volunteers 4 hours each week in the hospital gift shop and reads a story to second-grade children for 45 minutes every Monday morning. Research shows that compared to her peers who do not engage in any volunteer work, Mavis is more likely to: a. be more stressed. b. be more depressed. c. be more satisfied with her life. d. have a smaller social circle. PT10403 TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT WEEK 14 14. It is observed that respect for older adults is greater in _____ cultures than in _____ cultures. a. socialistic; capitalistic b. spiritualistic; competitive c. collectivistic; individualistic d. religious; materialistic 15. Robert Kastenbaum emphasizes that the death system in any culture is comprised of several components. Which of the following is NOT one of those components? a. people b. objects c. families d. symbols 16. Basilio sustained severe and irreversible brain damage due to an accidental overdose of insulin. His wife and his children decided to remove the life-support system, and Basilio subsequently died. This is an example of: a. active euthanasia. b. passive euthanasia. c. natural euthanasia. d. culturally acceptable euthanasia. 17. Damon has been terminally ill with multiple fractures to his skull. He has been in a vegetative state for over three years. Finally, his family agrees to end his suffering by administering a lethal dose of a drug. This is an example of: a. passive euthanasia. b. active euthanasia. c. natural euthanasia. d. acceptable euthanasia. 18. Active euthanasia is legal in: a. the Netherlands and Uruguay. b. Africa and India. c. Canada and Sweden. d. China and Japan. 19. A “good death” involves all of the following EXCEPT: a. acceptance. b. support from loved ones. c. religious or community death rites. d. appropriate medical care. 20. _____ is a program committed to making the end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible. a. Terminal care b. End-of-life care c. Hospice d. Palliative care PT10403 TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT WEEK 14 21. Most deaths that occur during adolescence are caused by: a. illnesses. b. automobile accidents. c. heart disease. d. genetic disorders. 22. Lucy has just found out that she has cancer. She has told her daughter that she knows that she has the disease but is not really worried about dying from it, because she is convinced that her treatments will be completely effective. Lucy may be engaging in: a. denial. b. bargaining. c. terminal drop. d. realistic acceptance. 23. Bob had been in a 20-year relationship with a woman who was married to someone else. Although he loved her very much, when she died he did not attend her wake or funeral, nor did he have anyone with whom he could share his grief. This type of grief is known as: a. complicated grief. b. secret grief. c. hidden grief. d. disenfranchised grief. 24. Which of the following is true regarding reactions of widowed individuals following the death of a spouse? a. Most tend to get back to normal life after a brief grieving period. b. They were likely to increase their religious and spiritual beliefs. c. They were keen to get back into marital relations as early as possible. d. Most of them experienced prolonged grief periods and developed depressive symptoms soon. 25. For a terminally ill person, which of the following can be the most useful benefit of denying one’s imminent death? a. Denial shields the person from addressing the issue of death. b. Denial helps shield family members from negative feelings. c. Denial encourages the person to further develop his or her understanding of what will happen after death. d. Denial can help to insulate the dying person from coping with intense feelings of anger.