PSYC 2583 Quiz 12
The age structure of the population used to be represented by a pyramid and is now represented by a triangle. The change represents:
an increasing number of older adults as compared to children
John Horn maintains that in middle adulthood, _____ intelligence continues to increase.
crystallized
Zane's mother seems to know every historical fact about their hometown. You can pick any building and she can tell you all the people who have owned it. Zane is impressed with his mother's _____ intelligence.
crystallized
Which of the following is a sign of aging for the average adult in middle adulthood?
brittle fingernails
The level of cholesterol in the blood increases through the adult years and in midlife begins to accumulate on the artery walls, increasing the risk of:
cardiovascular disease
Currently, the main causes of death in middle adulthood in the United States are:
chronic diseases
During middle age, the ability to hear ____ sounds declines first.
high-pitched
Sensitivity to _____ sounds usually declines first among ____.
high-pitched; men
Many experts on middle adulthood describe the age period of 55 to 65 as:
late midlife
The Seattle Longitudinal Study concluded that middle age is a time of:
peak performance for verbal ability
Which of the following statements about late midlife is FALSE?
people in late midlife are less likely to experience their last child leaving home than people in early midlife
In typical cases, the cause of erectile dysfunction may be any of the following EXCEPT:
psychological factors
Which of the following is a common way to assess speed of information processing?
reaction-time task
Fluid intelligence is a kind of (adult) intelligence that consists of one's ability to reason abstractly
true
The mental ability to quickly and accurately make simple discriminations in virtual stimuli is called perceptual speed.
true
Accommodation of the eye experiences its sharpest decline between:
40 and 59 years of age
Today the average life expectancy in the United States is:
79 years
Questions such as, "To which age group do you belong?" and "How old do you feel?" reflect the concept of:
age identity
Marina is having hot flashes, nausea, and rapid heartbeat, all signs that the production of _____ by the ovaries declines dramatically.
estrogen
Carl Jung initiated the Seattle Longitudinal Study that involves extensive evaluations of intellectual abilities in the adult years.
false
Crystallized intelligence is the mental "workbench" in the mind where individuals manipulate information and solve problems.
false
Angelo's grandmother is making cookies. Since it is just the two of them, she is mentally cutting the recipe in half as she goes through the process. She is using her _____ intelligence.
fluid
Sleep deprivation in middle-age has been linked to all of the following EXCEPT:
improved cognitive functioning
Cholesterol can be lowered in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
liposuction
Which of the following is FALSE about menopause?
most women will have severe physical problems related to menopause
Which of the following is TRUE about the Seattle Longitudinal Study?
new waves of participants are added periodically
The term _____ is given to age-related loss of muscle mass and strength
sarcopenia
Crystallized intelligence is a kind of (adult) intelligence that consists of one's accumulated knowledge base and verbal skills.
true
Toby has the ability to visualize three-dimensional objects and rotate them. Toby's ability is known as:
spatial orientation
According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study of individuals aged 25 to 95, which of the following abilities showed the least decline?
verbal comprehension