Cavanaugh Adult Development and Aging 8-14 Final
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (145) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) Accommodations readjustments of goals and
aspirations as a way to lessen or
neutralize the effects of negative
self-evaluations in key domains
2) age-based double standard when an individual attributes an
older person's failure in memory as
more serious than a memory failure
observed in a young adult
3) assimilative activities exercises that prevent or alleviate
losses in domains that are
personally relevant for self-esteem
and identity
4) causal attributions explanations people construct to
explain their behavior, that can be
, situational, dispositional, or
interactive
5) cognitive style a trait-like pattern of behavior one
uses when approaching a problem-
solving situation
6) collaborative cognition cognitive performance that results
from the interaction of two or more
individuals
7) correspondence bias the tendency to draw inferences
about older person's dispositions
from behavior that can be fully
explained through situational
forces
8) dispositional attribution an explanation for someone's
behavior that resides within the
actor
9) emotional intelligence people's ability to recognize their
own and others' emotions, to
correctly identify and appropriately
tell the difference between
emotions, and use this information
to guide their thinking and
behavior
, 10) immunizing mechanisms control strategies that alter the
effects of self-discrepant evidence
11) implicit stereotyping Stereotyped beliefs that affect your
judgments of individuals without
your being aware of it (i.e., the
process is unconscious).
12) impression formation the way people combine the
components of another person's
personality and come up with an
integrated perception of the person
13) labeling theory argues that when we confront an
age-related stereotype, older adults
are more likely to integrate it into
their self-perception
14) negativity bias weighing negative information
more heavily than positive
information in a social judgment
15) personal control the belief that what one does has an
influence on the outcome of an
event
16) positivity effect the tendency to attend to and
process positive information over
negative information
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (145) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) Accommodations readjustments of goals and
aspirations as a way to lessen or
neutralize the effects of negative
self-evaluations in key domains
2) age-based double standard when an individual attributes an
older person's failure in memory as
more serious than a memory failure
observed in a young adult
3) assimilative activities exercises that prevent or alleviate
losses in domains that are
personally relevant for self-esteem
and identity
4) causal attributions explanations people construct to
explain their behavior, that can be
, situational, dispositional, or
interactive
5) cognitive style a trait-like pattern of behavior one
uses when approaching a problem-
solving situation
6) collaborative cognition cognitive performance that results
from the interaction of two or more
individuals
7) correspondence bias the tendency to draw inferences
about older person's dispositions
from behavior that can be fully
explained through situational
forces
8) dispositional attribution an explanation for someone's
behavior that resides within the
actor
9) emotional intelligence people's ability to recognize their
own and others' emotions, to
correctly identify and appropriately
tell the difference between
emotions, and use this information
to guide their thinking and
behavior
, 10) immunizing mechanisms control strategies that alter the
effects of self-discrepant evidence
11) implicit stereotyping Stereotyped beliefs that affect your
judgments of individuals without
your being aware of it (i.e., the
process is unconscious).
12) impression formation the way people combine the
components of another person's
personality and come up with an
integrated perception of the person
13) labeling theory argues that when we confront an
age-related stereotype, older adults
are more likely to integrate it into
their self-perception
14) negativity bias weighing negative information
more heavily than positive
information in a social judgment
15) personal control the belief that what one does has an
influence on the outcome of an
event
16) positivity effect the tendency to attend to and
process positive information over
negative information
