Chapter 4 Psyc

Central vision is affected but peripheral vision is maintained in which cause of blindness in later life?

Age-related macular degeneration

A psychologist consulting in a nursing home, after observing daily routine tasks performed by staff, finds that few engage in behavioral treatment for incontinence among patients. Such treatment might include which measures?

Teaching residents to strengthen their pelvic muscles.

The basal metabolic rate (BMR) is controlled by which set of hormones in the endocrine system?

Thyroid

Middle-aged and older adults wear bifocals to correct for which age-related change in the eyes?

presobia

The normal enlargement of the ___________ gland in men may cause difficulties with urination and pain.

alveoli.

Changes in the male sex hormone testosterone are referred to as:

andropause.

The normal enlargement of the ___________ gland in men may cause difficulties with urination and pain.

prostate

A BMI in the range of 25-29.9 places the individual in the category of:

Overweight

A number of studies relate age-related changes in the ____________ and decreases in planning and ability to encode information in long-term memory.

Prefrontal cortex

The adrenopause observed in older adults reflects age-related changes in which hormone?

DHEA

The somatopause of aging involves changes in which hormones?

Growth hormone and insulin like

The nephron is the cell responsible for the efficiency of which organ in the body

Kidney

Psychologists who treat older adults for memory problems need to be aware of the possibility that their clients suffer from ______________, known to be associated with cognitive problems.

back pain

Older adults with a history of ___________ are more likely than others to experience loss of smell and taste sensitivity.

cigarette smoking

Older adults may be more alert in the morning, and younger adults in the evening, reflecting age differences in:

circadian rhythm.

Changes with age in the dermis layer of the skin are associated with age-related alterations in which protein, also found in connective tissue throughout the body?

collagen

Age-related changes in working memory are most likely to be associated with less than optimal functioning in which area of the brain?

hippocampus

Sarcopenia is associated with age-related changes in the___________:

muscles.