Psych 220 Final part 2

Which of the following statements about language skills of older adults is NOT true?

Older adults seldom report difficulty in retrieving words to use in conversation.

When he was interviewed at 80 years of age, Arthur Rubinstein said that he spent more time at practice than earlier in his life. This helped to maintain his status as an admired concert pianist. This reflects which aspect of Baltes' theory?

Optimization

Older adults not being hired for new jobs, being eased out of old ones because they are perceived as too rigid or feeble-minded, and being eased out because they are not considered cost effective are examples of:

ageism.

Which of the following is a benefit of everyday conflicts that characterize the parent-adolescent relationship?

They help adolescents become more autonomous

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the death scenario in the U.S. today?

Today, death occurs most often among adolescents.

Which of the following is an example of implicit memory?

Typing on a computer while talking to a friend

An estimated (blank) percent of individuals who become alcoholics are believed to have a genetic predisposition for it

50-60

In 2013, in the United States, the average age of retirement was _____ for men and _____ for women.

64; 62

Which of the following changes in the brain has NOT been associated with Alzheimer disease?

A series of mini-strokes

The human genome has not changed markedly in the last century, yet obesity has noticeably increased. This indicates that:

Environmental factors play an important role in obesity

The (blank) describes a common adolescent belief that others are as interested in them as they are in themselves, and involves attention-getting behaviors, including attempts to be noticed, visible, and "on stage"?

Imaginary audience

Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between exercise and screen time?

Linking obesity with heavy TV viewing is a popular myth and lacks scientific proof

Which of the following statements is true about better care for dying individuals?

Many health care professionals have received little training to provide adequate end-of-life care or to understand its importance.

Seven-year-old Matthew's mother passed away recently. He has started asking his father about his mother's whereabouts. Which of the following is the BEST strategy of dealing with Matthew's questions?

The father should be honest about his mother's death.

WHich of the following describes the federal government's exercise recommendation for adolescents?

a minimum of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous exercise per day

Brain death occurs when:

all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time.

Most of us reach our peak physical performance

before the age of 30, often between the ages of 18-26

The concept of "use it or lose it" is a significant component of the _____ model of cognitive optimization that addresses strategies to buffer age-related declines in intellectual development.

engagement

According to evidence presented in the text, which of the following is most likely to be rated as the LEAST important characteristic that women look for in a man?

good looks

_____ is the emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love.

grief

"I know I can handle the car at high speeds much better than others can", says 18 year old Jake. This reflects the adolescent tendency of engaging in

personal fable

Although Alicia has a great memory for trivia, she has difficulty remembering important events in her life. Alicia has good _____ memory but poor _____ memory.

semantic; episodic

Which of the following is NOT one of John Gottman's seven main principles that determine whether a marriage will work?

solving perpetual conflicts

Just as the transition from elementary school to middle or junior high school involves change and possible stress, so does the transition from high school to college, The two transitions have many parallels. Which of the following is one of them?

the top-dog phenomenon

MOst rites of passage focus on

the transition to adult status

According to the cross-sectional study by Ursula Staudinger, _____ showed up for the first time on the most important list for those who were 85 to 105 years old.

thinking about life

Research on adolescent sleep patterns suggest that

when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep on average of 9 hours and 25 minutes per night