Franco participated in an experience sampling study of emotional experience. The participants in the study ranged in age from 18 to 90.
He wore a pager, and every time he was paged he checks off the emotions he was experiencing at that moment on a list. Franco and others in his age group reported that positive emotions lasted longer than for the other study participants, but they reported that negative emotional states ended more quickly. What age group is Franco most likely to be in?
a. The youngest group (18 to 25).
b. The middle-aged group (35 to 55).
c. The oldest group (65 and up).
d. There is no reliable age difference in emotional experience.
Q. 2How do the attitudes toward death among elderly people compare to the attitudes of younger age groups?
a. Elderly people report more anxiety about death than middle-aged adults.
b. Elderly people report less anxiety about death than middle-aged adults.
c. Elderly people are less realistic about its inevitability than middle-aged adults are.
d. There are no differences between the elderly and other age groups in regard to
Q. 3Regarding measures of well-being and happiness, how do older people (over 65) tend to fare in comparison to young or middle-aged adults?
a. Most aspects of well-being decline for older adults.
b. Most aspects of well-being stay about the same across adulthood.
c. Most aspects of well-being improve for older adults, except for purpose in life and personal growth.
d. Many aspects of well-being decline for older adults, except for purpose in life and personal growth.
Q. 4According to research by Baltes and associates, in which decade is the growth of wisdom likely to be greatest?
a. After 75.
b. From 65 to 75.
c. From 55 to 65.
d. From 15 to 25.
Q. 5When Francesca, age 62, discovered that her retirement plan had suffered losses in the stock market, she realized that she would not be able to retired within the next year as she had expected to do.
Francesca began to spend a great deal of time ruminating about her situation, especially about how sad she was that this problem had arisen after she had worked so hard all of her life. Which of the following is an accurate description of Francesca's coping at this point?
a. She is using a problem-focused mechanism.
b. She is using an emotion-focused mechanism.
c. She is using a primary control strategy.
d. She is using no coping strategy.
Q. 6Research on the use of control strategies indicates that flexibility in adjusting one's goals
a. is more characteristic of 20-year-olds than 60-year-olds.
b. is less characteristic of 20-year-olds than 60-year-olds.
c. does not change across the life span.
d. has no effect on happiness or well-being.
Q. 7Several factors at preretirement are strong predictors of positive attitudes toward retirement later, including
a. religiosity.
b. feeling confident in relationships with friends.
c. number of close relatives, especially children.
d. mandatory retirement age.
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