NSG 250 final exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
accurate empathetic understanding (Carl Roger's
Core Conditions) Correct Answers - understanding
another persons experience and feelings in a
compassionate way.
- strive to see things from their unique perspective.
Achieving Stage (Schaie) Correct Answers the
point reached by young adults in which attainment
of long-term personal goals regarding careers,
family, and societal contributions is strived for
adrenarche Correct Answers - early changes in
sexual maturation
- 7 to 9 yrs
- development of pubic hair, body odor, skin
oiliness, and acne.
age 30 transitions (Levinson) Correct Answers -
(Age 28-33)
- lifestyle changes
- ex: marriage or having children
- changes have differing consequences on how a
person develops depending on how they embrace
the event
Ageism Correct Answers prejudice or
discrimination on the basis of a person's age
,alternative trajectories Correct Answers ex: You
are old 85+, have been healthy to date, affairs in
order, die suddenly without pain, preferably in
sleep.
amygdala crisis Correct Answers - research shows
that adolescents rely heavily on the amygdala for
problem solving unlike adults who rely on the
frontal lobes
biological age clock Correct Answers an
individuals position with regard to his or her
lifespan. Effected by genetics and lifestyle
blended families Correct Answers families made
up of adults and their children from previous
marriages
-Many difficulties and adjustments
»Discipline
»Habits
»Competition
boomerang generation Correct Answers young
adults who move back into their parents' homes
after living independently for a while
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
Correct Answers - microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
, - views the person as developing within a complex
system of relationships affected by multiple levels
of the surrounding environment
career change Correct Answers More difficult
when it's someone else's decision
-Age discrimination
-Burnout
»Emotional and physical exhaustion
»high-stress professions
- this can lead to poor health
-People now live and work longer
-social expectations about work are more flexible
Catabolic Correct Answers negative growth
(approaching death/old age)
characteristics of high risk behavior Correct
Answers -Substances (drugs and alcohol)
-Sexual activity
- reckless driving
- Adventures
- teen pregnancy
- gangs
- all of these behaviors can increase mortality rates
characteristics of resilient adults Correct Answers
- Adaptability to changes in the environment
Solutions
accurate empathetic understanding (Carl Roger's
Core Conditions) Correct Answers - understanding
another persons experience and feelings in a
compassionate way.
- strive to see things from their unique perspective.
Achieving Stage (Schaie) Correct Answers the
point reached by young adults in which attainment
of long-term personal goals regarding careers,
family, and societal contributions is strived for
adrenarche Correct Answers - early changes in
sexual maturation
- 7 to 9 yrs
- development of pubic hair, body odor, skin
oiliness, and acne.
age 30 transitions (Levinson) Correct Answers -
(Age 28-33)
- lifestyle changes
- ex: marriage or having children
- changes have differing consequences on how a
person develops depending on how they embrace
the event
Ageism Correct Answers prejudice or
discrimination on the basis of a person's age
,alternative trajectories Correct Answers ex: You
are old 85+, have been healthy to date, affairs in
order, die suddenly without pain, preferably in
sleep.
amygdala crisis Correct Answers - research shows
that adolescents rely heavily on the amygdala for
problem solving unlike adults who rely on the
frontal lobes
biological age clock Correct Answers an
individuals position with regard to his or her
lifespan. Effected by genetics and lifestyle
blended families Correct Answers families made
up of adults and their children from previous
marriages
-Many difficulties and adjustments
»Discipline
»Habits
»Competition
boomerang generation Correct Answers young
adults who move back into their parents' homes
after living independently for a while
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
Correct Answers - microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
, - views the person as developing within a complex
system of relationships affected by multiple levels
of the surrounding environment
career change Correct Answers More difficult
when it's someone else's decision
-Age discrimination
-Burnout
»Emotional and physical exhaustion
»high-stress professions
- this can lead to poor health
-People now live and work longer
-social expectations about work are more flexible
Catabolic Correct Answers negative growth
(approaching death/old age)
characteristics of high risk behavior Correct
Answers -Substances (drugs and alcohol)
-Sexual activity
- reckless driving
- Adventures
- teen pregnancy
- gangs
- all of these behaviors can increase mortality rates
characteristics of resilient adults Correct Answers
- Adaptability to changes in the environment
