ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING CHAPTERS
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◉ Example of contextualism.
Answer: Baby boomers vs. Millennials have different retirement
expectations and health profiles.
◉ Chronological age.
Answer: Years since birth — easiest to measure but coarse.
◉ Biological (functional) age.
Answer: Physical condition of body systems compared to population
norms (e.g., blood pressure, grip strength).
◉ Psychological age.
Answer: Cognitive, emotional functioning relative to norms (e.g.,
memory, emotional resilience).
◉ Social (role) age.
Answer: Age-related roles and expectations (e.g., parent, retiree).
,◉ Personal aging.
Answer: The internal, subjective experience of getting older —
changes in identity, self-concept, goals, cognitive/health changes.
◉ Social aging.
Answer: Changes in roles, relationships, and social status that occur
as society assigns different expectations to different ages (e.g.,
retirement, grandparenthood).
◉ Social indicators in adult development and aging.
Answer: Measurable social statistics that reflect societal conditions
for older adults (e.g., poverty rates among the elderly,
unemployment, housing stability, social participation).
◉ Demography of aging.
Answer: Study of population-level aging dynamics — age structure,
birth/death rates, migration, dependency ratios.
◉ Population aging.
Answer: Increasing median age due to lower fertility + longer life
expectancy.
◉ Dependency ratio.
, Answer: Ratio of non-working (young + old) to working-age
population — implications for social services and pensions.
◉ Young adulthood.
Answer: ~18-40 — identity consolidation, career building, family
formation.
◉ Middle adulthood (midlife).
Answer: ~40-65 — peak career, sandwich generation (caring for
kids and aging parents), reassessment of goals.
◉ Late adulthood (older age).
Answer: 65+ — retirement, adjustment to losses and physical
decline, but also opportunities for growth and new roles.
◉ Life expectancy.
Answer: The average number of years a person of a given age can
expect to live (usually reported at birth).
◉ Life span.
Answer: The maximum observed age in a species (for humans,
historically around ~120-125 years).
1 TO 13 FINAL PAPER 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION ALREADY
PASSED
◉ Example of contextualism.
Answer: Baby boomers vs. Millennials have different retirement
expectations and health profiles.
◉ Chronological age.
Answer: Years since birth — easiest to measure but coarse.
◉ Biological (functional) age.
Answer: Physical condition of body systems compared to population
norms (e.g., blood pressure, grip strength).
◉ Psychological age.
Answer: Cognitive, emotional functioning relative to norms (e.g.,
memory, emotional resilience).
◉ Social (role) age.
Answer: Age-related roles and expectations (e.g., parent, retiree).
,◉ Personal aging.
Answer: The internal, subjective experience of getting older —
changes in identity, self-concept, goals, cognitive/health changes.
◉ Social aging.
Answer: Changes in roles, relationships, and social status that occur
as society assigns different expectations to different ages (e.g.,
retirement, grandparenthood).
◉ Social indicators in adult development and aging.
Answer: Measurable social statistics that reflect societal conditions
for older adults (e.g., poverty rates among the elderly,
unemployment, housing stability, social participation).
◉ Demography of aging.
Answer: Study of population-level aging dynamics — age structure,
birth/death rates, migration, dependency ratios.
◉ Population aging.
Answer: Increasing median age due to lower fertility + longer life
expectancy.
◉ Dependency ratio.
, Answer: Ratio of non-working (young + old) to working-age
population — implications for social services and pensions.
◉ Young adulthood.
Answer: ~18-40 — identity consolidation, career building, family
formation.
◉ Middle adulthood (midlife).
Answer: ~40-65 — peak career, sandwich generation (caring for
kids and aging parents), reassessment of goals.
◉ Late adulthood (older age).
Answer: 65+ — retirement, adjustment to losses and physical
decline, but also opportunities for growth and new roles.
◉ Life expectancy.
Answer: The average number of years a person of a given age can
expect to live (usually reported at birth).
◉ Life span.
Answer: The maximum observed age in a species (for humans,
historically around ~120-125 years).
