According to Research on the Reminiscence Bump, Older Adults Should

question 20

Multiple Choice

According to research on the reminiscence bump, older adults should remember the most from:

• A) their own teen and early adult years.
• B) historical events that happened in their youth.
• C) past experiences that affected their loved ones.
• D) their earliest years of childhood.

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Definitions:

Phallic-Stage Boy

A term from Freudian psychoanalysis referring to a developmental stage in boys, roughly ages 3 to 6, focused on genital fixation and identification with the same-sex parent.

Castration Anxiety

In Freudian theory, the belief that the father will cut off the child’s penis because of competition for the mother/wife.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist who is known as the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychological pathology by means of dialogue between the patient and a psychoanalyst.

Phallic Stage

In Freudian theory, the period from age 3 through 5, during which both male and female children exhibit interest in the genitals.