COUC 502- Late Adulthood Final Exam
and All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
______ is the capacity for new growth and can be strengthened through training.
Continuity
Generativity
Plasticity
Senility - Answer Plasticity
Accepting one's life, particularly during late adulthood, is directly related to age and happiness.
True
False - Answer True
Clear communication with individuals in late adulthood must be prioritized. Which of the
following is one of Giordano's (2000) principles for communicating with elderly clients while
preserving their self-esteem?
use simple language
shift topics consistently, to ensure that a client understands a portion of vital information
avoid awkward silence by ensuring that there is no pause in conversation
pay attention to body language as well as spoken language - Answer pay attention to body
language as well as spoken language
In recent years, studies have shown a significant decrease in the number of individuals in late
adulthood that are staying healthier longer and are functioning well at more advanced ages.
True
False - Answer False
, communal
stagnated - Answer communal
Individualistic clients focus on intimacy, affiliation, and contributions to the moral community.
True
False - Answer False
Optimization involves identifying strategies to counteract loss and minimize the negative
impacts on functioning.
True
False - Answer False
Individuals currently in late adulthood experience a higher prevalence of depression and other
mental disorders when compared to other cohorts.
True
False - Answer True
Individuals, during their late adulthood, find that their goals ______, and they invest more
energy into personal goal pursuits as competing roles and their demands decline.
are irrelevant
support each other
are overwhelming
are unrealistic - Answer support each other
______ involves identifying opportunities or domains of activity that are of greatest value or
importance.
Selection
Optimization
Compensation
Adaptation - Answer Selection
Severe, progressive memory and intellectual decline is universally experienced toward the end
of late adulthood.
and All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
______ is the capacity for new growth and can be strengthened through training.
Continuity
Generativity
Plasticity
Senility - Answer Plasticity
Accepting one's life, particularly during late adulthood, is directly related to age and happiness.
True
False - Answer True
Clear communication with individuals in late adulthood must be prioritized. Which of the
following is one of Giordano's (2000) principles for communicating with elderly clients while
preserving their self-esteem?
use simple language
shift topics consistently, to ensure that a client understands a portion of vital information
avoid awkward silence by ensuring that there is no pause in conversation
pay attention to body language as well as spoken language - Answer pay attention to body
language as well as spoken language
In recent years, studies have shown a significant decrease in the number of individuals in late
adulthood that are staying healthier longer and are functioning well at more advanced ages.
True
False - Answer False
, communal
stagnated - Answer communal
Individualistic clients focus on intimacy, affiliation, and contributions to the moral community.
True
False - Answer False
Optimization involves identifying strategies to counteract loss and minimize the negative
impacts on functioning.
True
False - Answer False
Individuals currently in late adulthood experience a higher prevalence of depression and other
mental disorders when compared to other cohorts.
True
False - Answer True
Individuals, during their late adulthood, find that their goals ______, and they invest more
energy into personal goal pursuits as competing roles and their demands decline.
are irrelevant
support each other
are overwhelming
are unrealistic - Answer support each other
______ involves identifying opportunities or domains of activity that are of greatest value or
importance.
Selection
Optimization
Compensation
Adaptation - Answer Selection
Severe, progressive memory and intellectual decline is universally experienced toward the end
of late adulthood.
