PSY 658 CORE ALL EXAMINATION SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What challenges do women face in professional achievement? - ✔✔Slow progress
in male-dominated professions due to gender stereotypes and discrimination.
✔✔What gains have women made in education and employment? - ✔✔Major gains
have been made, but differences in earnings, promotions, and leadership opportunities
remain.
✔✔What are common symptoms of menopause? - ✔✔Hot flashes, night sweats, sleep
disturbances, irregular menstrual periods, vaginal dryness, mood changes, difficulty
concentrating, and decreased bone density.
✔✔What are predictors for heart disease? - ✔✔Unhealthy stress coping, high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, family history,
chronic stress, and poor diet.
✔✔What are the benefits of continuing education in middle adulthood? - ✔✔Enhanced
competencies, new relationships, and reshaped life paths.
✔✔What is the generativity vs stagnation stage? - ✔✔Generativity involves leadership
and concern for others, while stagnation is characterized by self-centeredness.
, ✔✔What are Levinson's Seasons of Life? - ✔✔A theory proposing that adulthood
progresses through stages with transitions, including midlife transition and
reassessment of life goals.
✔✔What responsibilities change during middle adulthood? - ✔✔Parenting adolescents,
launching children into independence, providing support to adult children, and caring for
aging parents.
✔✔How does divorce affect middle-aged adults? - ✔✔Middle-aged adults adjust more
easily to divorce, but it can lead to a reduction in women's standard of living.
✔✔How do low SES and high SES families differ in supporting young adults? - ✔✔Low
SES families provide less tangible support, while high SES families often encourage
higher education and provide financial support.
✔✔What is the sandwich generation? - ✔✔Individuals who care for both aging parents
and children.
✔✔How does health impact cognitive functioning in middle adulthood? - ✔✔Exercise
increases cognitive functioning, and engaging work can reduce age-related declines.
✔✔What factors contribute to shortening life expectancy? - ✔✔Smoking, poor diet,
obesity, physical inactivity, chronic stress, social isolation, low SES, substance abuse,
and chronic health conditions.
✔✔What is the difference between functional age and chronological age? -
✔✔Chronological age is the actual age, while functional age refers to how individuals
age at different rates.
✔✔What is the most common type of dementia? - ✔✔Alzheimer's disease, often
starting with memory loss.
✔✔What does ego integrity vs despair refer to? - ✔✔Ego integrity is a sense of
wholeness and satisfaction with life, while despair is the feeling of not having enough
time to fulfill life.
✔✔How can being a minority impact health? - ✔✔Low SES ethnic minorities face health
disparities, greater risks, and less trust in healthcare providers.
✔✔What are the differences in religiosity among men and women as they age? -
✔✔Women, low SES individuals, and ethnic minorities tend to have higher religious
involvement, which is associated with better well-being.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What challenges do women face in professional achievement? - ✔✔Slow progress
in male-dominated professions due to gender stereotypes and discrimination.
✔✔What gains have women made in education and employment? - ✔✔Major gains
have been made, but differences in earnings, promotions, and leadership opportunities
remain.
✔✔What are common symptoms of menopause? - ✔✔Hot flashes, night sweats, sleep
disturbances, irregular menstrual periods, vaginal dryness, mood changes, difficulty
concentrating, and decreased bone density.
✔✔What are predictors for heart disease? - ✔✔Unhealthy stress coping, high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, family history,
chronic stress, and poor diet.
✔✔What are the benefits of continuing education in middle adulthood? - ✔✔Enhanced
competencies, new relationships, and reshaped life paths.
✔✔What is the generativity vs stagnation stage? - ✔✔Generativity involves leadership
and concern for others, while stagnation is characterized by self-centeredness.
, ✔✔What are Levinson's Seasons of Life? - ✔✔A theory proposing that adulthood
progresses through stages with transitions, including midlife transition and
reassessment of life goals.
✔✔What responsibilities change during middle adulthood? - ✔✔Parenting adolescents,
launching children into independence, providing support to adult children, and caring for
aging parents.
✔✔How does divorce affect middle-aged adults? - ✔✔Middle-aged adults adjust more
easily to divorce, but it can lead to a reduction in women's standard of living.
✔✔How do low SES and high SES families differ in supporting young adults? - ✔✔Low
SES families provide less tangible support, while high SES families often encourage
higher education and provide financial support.
✔✔What is the sandwich generation? - ✔✔Individuals who care for both aging parents
and children.
✔✔How does health impact cognitive functioning in middle adulthood? - ✔✔Exercise
increases cognitive functioning, and engaging work can reduce age-related declines.
✔✔What factors contribute to shortening life expectancy? - ✔✔Smoking, poor diet,
obesity, physical inactivity, chronic stress, social isolation, low SES, substance abuse,
and chronic health conditions.
✔✔What is the difference between functional age and chronological age? -
✔✔Chronological age is the actual age, while functional age refers to how individuals
age at different rates.
✔✔What is the most common type of dementia? - ✔✔Alzheimer's disease, often
starting with memory loss.
✔✔What does ego integrity vs despair refer to? - ✔✔Ego integrity is a sense of
wholeness and satisfaction with life, while despair is the feeling of not having enough
time to fulfill life.
✔✔How can being a minority impact health? - ✔✔Low SES ethnic minorities face health
disparities, greater risks, and less trust in healthcare providers.
✔✔What are the differences in religiosity among men and women as they age? -
✔✔Women, low SES individuals, and ethnic minorities tend to have higher religious
involvement, which is associated with better well-being.
