NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
Young Adulthood: Physical Changes - - -
correct answer ✅Peak (organicism)
• Height, muscle mass, internal/reproductive organs; brain
continues to develop
• Few physical illnesses occur (peak of health)
• Am I vulnerable to getting ill?
Young Adulthood: Cognitive Changes (organicism) - - -
correct answer ✅• Full range of cognitive skills (Formal Operations
ready-to-go) to put to use
• Honing & building - person's adaptation to their living/learning
environment
Young Adulthood: Psychosocial - - -
correct answer ✅• Lifestyle choices have been made.
• Career has often been chosen - specialized vocabulary/technology
communication
• Love, friendship, and community (intimacy versus isolation)
• Grappling with and responding to external societal and cultural
forces
Other Ideas: Career, singlehood, child-bearing cycle, sexuality,
marriage, parenthood
,NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
Young Adult: Health Risks - - -
correct answer ✅Lifestyle
Family History
Accidental death & injury
Substance abuse
Unplanned pregnancies
STIs
Environmental/Occupational factors
Young Adult: Health Concerns - - -
correct answer ✅Infertility
Exercise/Nutrition
Routine Health Screening
Job Stress
Family Stress
Pregnancy
Middle Adulthood: Physical Changes - - -
correct answer ✅• Age-related changes in appearance:
acceptance of aging (body image? self-esteem?)
,NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
• *Menopause: permanent cessation of menses (late 40s & 50s);
hormones (estrogen and progesterone) not produced by ovaries
• Chronic illness (ghosts of one's past?)
Middle Adulthood: Cognitive Changes - - -
correct answer ✅Illness or trauma
Mental stresses
Middle Adulthood: Psychosocial Changes - - -
correct answer ✅Generativity VS Stagnation
• Sandwich generation: adult children, parents, workplace....
• Career transitions: own choice? economy?
• *Sexuality: dryness, painful intercourse; erectile changes; multiple
pressures on couple & libido
• Family types: singles? adult children leaving home? divorce?
Middle Adult: Health Concerns - - -
correct answer ✅Chronic Stress
Obesity
Personal Health Habits
Potential chronic physical illnesses
, NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
Depression/Anxiety
Organicism - - -
correct answer ✅Development is a result of biologically-driven
behavior and the person's adaptation to the environment.
Biophysical (describe and explain how the physical body grows and
changes) and cognitive-moral theories of development are included
in this tradition.
Moral Development (Kohlberg) - - -
correct answer ✅Not age specific (begins around age 4, p. 755)
3 levels *2 stages: preconventional, conventional, post-conventional
What it takes for a judgment to be moral (grappling with personal
gain versus what society or others' expect of you)
Advances as cognitive development matures
Older Adults: Erikson's Theory - - -
correct answer ✅Integrity VS Despair
Adjusting to retirement & death of loved ones
Adjusting to decreasing health and physical strength
Finding ways to maintain quality of life: meaningful activities
Redefining relationships with adult children
Answers Latest Update
Young Adulthood: Physical Changes - - -
correct answer ✅Peak (organicism)
• Height, muscle mass, internal/reproductive organs; brain
continues to develop
• Few physical illnesses occur (peak of health)
• Am I vulnerable to getting ill?
Young Adulthood: Cognitive Changes (organicism) - - -
correct answer ✅• Full range of cognitive skills (Formal Operations
ready-to-go) to put to use
• Honing & building - person's adaptation to their living/learning
environment
Young Adulthood: Psychosocial - - -
correct answer ✅• Lifestyle choices have been made.
• Career has often been chosen - specialized vocabulary/technology
communication
• Love, friendship, and community (intimacy versus isolation)
• Grappling with and responding to external societal and cultural
forces
Other Ideas: Career, singlehood, child-bearing cycle, sexuality,
marriage, parenthood
,NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
Young Adult: Health Risks - - -
correct answer ✅Lifestyle
Family History
Accidental death & injury
Substance abuse
Unplanned pregnancies
STIs
Environmental/Occupational factors
Young Adult: Health Concerns - - -
correct answer ✅Infertility
Exercise/Nutrition
Routine Health Screening
Job Stress
Family Stress
Pregnancy
Middle Adulthood: Physical Changes - - -
correct answer ✅• Age-related changes in appearance:
acceptance of aging (body image? self-esteem?)
,NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
• *Menopause: permanent cessation of menses (late 40s & 50s);
hormones (estrogen and progesterone) not produced by ovaries
• Chronic illness (ghosts of one's past?)
Middle Adulthood: Cognitive Changes - - -
correct answer ✅Illness or trauma
Mental stresses
Middle Adulthood: Psychosocial Changes - - -
correct answer ✅Generativity VS Stagnation
• Sandwich generation: adult children, parents, workplace....
• Career transitions: own choice? economy?
• *Sexuality: dryness, painful intercourse; erectile changes; multiple
pressures on couple & libido
• Family types: singles? adult children leaving home? divorce?
Middle Adult: Health Concerns - - -
correct answer ✅Chronic Stress
Obesity
Personal Health Habits
Potential chronic physical illnesses
, NURS 124: Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
Depression/Anxiety
Organicism - - -
correct answer ✅Development is a result of biologically-driven
behavior and the person's adaptation to the environment.
Biophysical (describe and explain how the physical body grows and
changes) and cognitive-moral theories of development are included
in this tradition.
Moral Development (Kohlberg) - - -
correct answer ✅Not age specific (begins around age 4, p. 755)
3 levels *2 stages: preconventional, conventional, post-conventional
What it takes for a judgment to be moral (grappling with personal
gain versus what society or others' expect of you)
Advances as cognitive development matures
Older Adults: Erikson's Theory - - -
correct answer ✅Integrity VS Despair
Adjusting to retirement & death of loved ones
Adjusting to decreasing health and physical strength
Finding ways to maintain quality of life: meaningful activities
Redefining relationships with adult children
