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