Which term describes a personality style that resists aging?

• A. Integrated personality
• B. Reactive personality
• C. Disintegrated personality
• D. Armored-defended personality

Answer: (D)

The idea being tested is how some personality styles cope with aging by resisting its effects. An armored-defended personality describes someone who uses rigid defenses to maintain control and deny the losses that come with aging. This style clings to independence, order, and self-imposed limits, often resisting help, insisting on doing tasks alone, and focusing intensely on remaining physically capable or youthful in appearance. The defenses serve to shield the person from vulnerability, fear of dependence, or perceived decline, making aging feel like a threat to their identity that they actively defend against.

In contrast, an integrated personality reflects flexibility, acceptance, and adaptation to aging, allowing for growth and adjustment to new realities. A reactive personality tends to respond to stress as it arises but doesn’t inherently center on resisting aging location by maintaining defenses. A disintegrated personality shows fragmentation and a breakdown in coherence, indicating a loss of stable functioning rather than a deliberate strategy to resist aging.

So, the term armored-defended personality best captures the idea of actively resisting aging through defenses and control.