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Hoppy has two grandparents who suffered from osteoporosis, and lately his father has been given the same diagnosis. He has been advised by his doctor that one of the best ways to prevent this illness is to consume foods that are high in calcium. If Hoppy wants to get right to work at avoiding osteoporosis, what will he have with dinner tonight?


A) ​a massive mound of mashed potatoes
B) ​a heaping helping of honeydew
C) ​a big bowl of broiled broccoli
D) ​a tremendous tureen of turnips

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Wilbur goes to see his physician complaining of mild inflammation and severe pain in his joints. Wilbur may be suffering from ____.


A) ​osteoarthritis
B) ​osteoporosis
C) ​arteriosclerosis
D) ​vasculitis

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Newsom (1999) proposes a model of how certain aspects of care can produce negative perceptions of care directly or by affecting the interactions between caregiver and care recipient. In this model, which of the following is a care recipient variable?


A) ​quality of help
B) ​burden
C) ​life events
D) ​need for independence

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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According to Erikson, a person who becomes bored, self-indulgent, and unable to contribute to the continuation of society during their middle-adulthood years is struggling with a sense of _______________.

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_______________ intelligence refers to the broad range of skills related to how individuals shape, select, and adapt to their physical and social environments.

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The individually varying time of transition from regular menstruation to menopause is called


A) ​perimenopause.
B) ​the climacteric.
C) ​menarche.
D) ​encapsulation

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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In Erikson's theory, middle adulthood is occupied by the search for ____, which involves being productive by helping others in order to ensure the continuation of society by guiding the next generation.


A) ​generativity
B) ​ego integrity
C) ​intimacy
D) ​identity

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Research indicates that using _____ techniques has many positive effects on physical and psychological health.


A) ​exposure
B) ​trigger
C) ​mindfulness
D) ​suppression

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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An individual who is very willing to work with others and who is viewed as very caring would score high on the five-factor dimension of _______________.

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Why is it that adults in the sandwich generation may feel more stress than adults at other age periods?


A) ​Because the sandwich generation involves making the difficult decision to stay in one's house, where space is no longer needed, or moving to a smaller home or apartment.
B) ​Because the sandwich generation involves a "squeezing" of one's priorities, where they must choose to give up certain pursuits due to declining physical abilities.
C) ​Because those in the sandwich generation are right in between their period of generativity and their period of stagnation.
D) ​Because those in the sandwich generation have to care for two generations of people-their parents and their children.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Ina and Larry make sure to arrange for a family reunion once each year. They contact all of the family members-siblings, children, cousins, nieces and nephews-and let them know where and when the gathering will take place. Because they are responsible for gathering the family together, Ina and Larry could be described as ____.


A) ​generators
B) ​stagnaters
C) ​kinkeepers
D) ​family encouragers

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Generative ____ relates to life satisfaction and overall happiness.


A) ​concern
B) ​strength
C) ​defensiveness
D) ​integrity

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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If you went to your physician and were given a prescription for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, a corticosteroid, and/or a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, you would probably have been diagnosed with


A) osteoporosis.​
B) ​rheumatic fever.
C) ​rheumatoid arthritis.
D) ​hyperacusis.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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The dominant framework for studying stress, which emphasizes the transactions between a person and their environment, is the stress and ____ paradigm.


A) ​coping
B) ​externalization
C) ​diathesis
D) ​surroundings

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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____ refers to any attempt to deal with the impact of stress.


A) ​Responding
B) ​Centration
C) ​Reactance
D) ​Coping

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The basic indicators or personality _______________ tend to show stability or decline with age.

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You are having a very honest and open conversation with a middle-aged female friend who shares that she has recently gone through menopause and that she is having several sexual and physical symptoms. Which of the following would be the best advice you can give her?


A) ​Maintain an active sex life, as this will help reduce some of the problems you're experiencing.
B) ​Take a good long hiatus from sex, as such activity only enhances these symptoms.
C) ​Make sure to keep using contraception, as the risk of becoming pregnant actually increases for several months after menopause.
D) ​Ask your doctor for medications designed to reduce estrogen in your system, as many of these symptoms are probably caused by an overabundance of this hormone.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Decades of research show that stress is linked to ____ problems.


A) ​cardiovascular
B) ​liver
C) ​respiratory
D) ​thyroid

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Perhaps the biggest change for grandparents that has occurred in recent years is


A) ​the number of grandparents who serve as custodial parents or primary caregivers for their grandchildren.
B) ​the number of grandparents who have been cut out of their grandchildren's lives as a result of conflict with their own children.
C) ​the number of grandparents who live single lives as opposed to being married or partnered.
D) ​the number of grandparents who have continued working past the standard age of retirement.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Andrea and Mark are discussing a new member of their management team at work. "I've heard good things about Jane," Mark says. "She's hard-working and ambitious, is really ethical, and never gives up on a project." According to the Big Five personality trait theory, Jane is probably high on the factor of


A) ​extraversion.
B) ​neuroticism.
C) ​openness to experience.
D) ​conscientiousness.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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