Cavanaugh Adult Development and Aging 8-
14 Final Exam Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions| Graded A+
Terms in this set (145) QUIZZES 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
17. primary control the act of bringing the environment into
line with one's own desires and goals,
similar to Brandstadter's assimilative
activities
18. resilience theory argues that confronting a negative
stereotype results in a rejection of that
14 Final Exam Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions| Graded A+
Terms in this set (145) QUIZZES 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
17. primary control the act of bringing the environment into
line with one's own desires and goals,
similar to Brandstadter's assimilative
activities
18. resilience theory argues that confronting a negative
stereotype results in a rejection of that
