Ch. 5 RG—Adulthood/ Aging and Dying
1. What are two theories about why we age?
2. What are some of the effects of aging?
3. What is menopause?
4. What are two factors that decide whether marriages
will succeed or fail?
5. Does intelligence go down as you age? Why is that stereotype an exaggeration?
6. Describe Levinson’s Theory of Male Development (p.
134).
7. Define generativity and stagnation.
8. What is the “empty nest” syndrome?
9. What are misconceptions and myths about aging?
10.
What is senile
dementia?
11.
What is
Alzheimer’s Disease?
12.
What is
thanatology?
13.
What are the 5
psychological stages of dealing with dying?
14.
What is hospice?
15.
Who was Jack
Kevorkian? What is euthanasia? Why was Jack Kevorkian convicted by a jury?