QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Creativity in Old Age - ANS Increases. creativity may be key to healthy aging. A form of
intelligence that involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative.
Big 5 Personality Test - ANS The five basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite
stable throughout adulthood: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness,
neuroticism
Myers-Briggs Test - ANS a personality test that categorizes people into 16 personality types.
Not accurate.
Ageism - ANS Discrimination based on age
Cultural Effects on Health - ANS End of Care life is influenced by culture, belief, and
experiences. Faith encourages healthy lifestyle, increase life span.
What happens when medications are mixed? - ANS Polypharmacy- A situation in which
elderly people are prescribed several medications, and the various side effects and interactions
can result in symptoms related to neurocognitive disorders.
Study of old age is called? - ANS gerontology
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-
actualization **Self-Transcendence**
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, What is the sandwich generation - ANS People who find themselves responsible for both
their children and their aging parents. They are sandwiched between the two.
What are kin keepers? - ANS A caregiver who takes responsibility for maintaining
communication among family members.
Vision Impairment in old age - ANS Cataracts, Glaucoma, and Macular degeneration
Retirement and what predicts it - ANS Adequate income and poor health are the two
primary reasons some people retire before age 60.
Intergenerational Transmission - ANS something being passed down, the way we treat
people, as well it can be negative, jail, drug abuse, mental health
social convoy - ANS group of people who journey with us throughout our lives, providing
support in good times and bad
fictive kin - ANS Family-like relationships that are not based on blood or marriage but on
close friendship ties. Like Aunt who is moms friends.
support network - ANS The people in your life around you who can help you achieve and
succeed.
Benefits and drawbacks of marriage - ANS THE LONGER YOU ARE MARRIED< THE HAPPIER
YOU ARE
First 6 months Honeymoon period—happiest of all
6 months to 5 years Happiness dips; divorce is common; usual time for birth of first child.
5 to 10 years . Happiness holds steady.
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