HDEV FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Highly Generative Adults.
Answer: §Well-adjusted:
§low in anxiety, depression
§high in autonomy, self-acceptance, life satisfaction
§Commitment story:
§positive interpretation of life events
§viewing good as emerging from adversity
§giving back to family, community, society
◉ Levinson's Four Tasks of Middle Adulthood.
Answer: Young-Old
Seek new ways of being both young and old
Destruction-Creation
Acknowledge past hurtful acts, try to leave legacy for future
generations
,Masculinity-Femininity
Balance masculine and feminine parts of self
Engagement-Separateness
Balance engagementwith and separatenessfrom external world
◉ Vaillant's View of Midlife.
Answer: §"Keepers of meaning": older people as guardians of their
culture
§"Passing the torch" to next generation
§Focus on longer-term, less-personal goals
◉ Most experts regard midlife adaptation as.
Answer: as combined result of growing older and social experiences
◉ Middle adulthood.
Answer: §Increase in
§self-acceptance
§autonomy
§environmental mastery
,◉ Possible Selves.
Answer: §What one hopes to become or fears becoming
§Become fewer in number, more modest and concrete with age
§Can be redefined by the individual, permitting affirmation of the
self
§Play protective role in self-esteem
◉ Factors in Midlife
Psychological Well-Being.
Answer: §Good health and exercise
§Sense of control and personal life investment
§Positive social relationships
§Good marriage
§Mastery of multiple roles
◉ Coping Improvements n Middle Adulthood.
Answer: §Effective coping strategies:
§identifying positives
§postponing action while evaluating alternatives
§Personality changes that support coping:
, §complex, integrated, coherentself-descriptions, blending
strengthsand weaknesses
§gains in emotional stability and confidence
◉ Gender Identity in Middle Adulthood.
Answer: §Women increase in "masculine" traits
§Men increase in "feminine" traits
§Theory:
§parental imperative
◉ Big Five Personality Traits.
Answer: §Neuroticism
§Extroversion
§Openness to experience
§Agreeableness
§Conscientiousness
◉ Changes in Big Five Personality Traits with Age.
Answer: §Basic, enduring individual dispositions persist
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Highly Generative Adults.
Answer: §Well-adjusted:
§low in anxiety, depression
§high in autonomy, self-acceptance, life satisfaction
§Commitment story:
§positive interpretation of life events
§viewing good as emerging from adversity
§giving back to family, community, society
◉ Levinson's Four Tasks of Middle Adulthood.
Answer: Young-Old
Seek new ways of being both young and old
Destruction-Creation
Acknowledge past hurtful acts, try to leave legacy for future
generations
,Masculinity-Femininity
Balance masculine and feminine parts of self
Engagement-Separateness
Balance engagementwith and separatenessfrom external world
◉ Vaillant's View of Midlife.
Answer: §"Keepers of meaning": older people as guardians of their
culture
§"Passing the torch" to next generation
§Focus on longer-term, less-personal goals
◉ Most experts regard midlife adaptation as.
Answer: as combined result of growing older and social experiences
◉ Middle adulthood.
Answer: §Increase in
§self-acceptance
§autonomy
§environmental mastery
,◉ Possible Selves.
Answer: §What one hopes to become or fears becoming
§Become fewer in number, more modest and concrete with age
§Can be redefined by the individual, permitting affirmation of the
self
§Play protective role in self-esteem
◉ Factors in Midlife
Psychological Well-Being.
Answer: §Good health and exercise
§Sense of control and personal life investment
§Positive social relationships
§Good marriage
§Mastery of multiple roles
◉ Coping Improvements n Middle Adulthood.
Answer: §Effective coping strategies:
§identifying positives
§postponing action while evaluating alternatives
§Personality changes that support coping:
, §complex, integrated, coherentself-descriptions, blending
strengthsand weaknesses
§gains in emotional stability and confidence
◉ Gender Identity in Middle Adulthood.
Answer: §Women increase in "masculine" traits
§Men increase in "feminine" traits
§Theory:
§parental imperative
◉ Big Five Personality Traits.
Answer: §Neuroticism
§Extroversion
§Openness to experience
§Agreeableness
§Conscientiousness
◉ Changes in Big Five Personality Traits with Age.
Answer: §Basic, enduring individual dispositions persist
