Adulthood Review Questions
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
A 65-year-old man smoked all his life and now has ____________________ a combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Osteoarthritis
A 72-year-old woman has been told by her physician that, because she is obese, she is putting increased weight on her joints, thus increasing her risk of developing the musculoskeletal disease know as :
Flashbulb
According to research on ______________ memory, older adults are able to remember distinctive historical events as well as do younger adults.
Inhibitory deficit
According to the _________________ hypothesis about the effects of aging on attention, older adults take longer to respond because they are unable to ignore distracting or interfering stimuli.
Age-related macular degenration
Central vision is affected but peripheral vision is maintained in which cause of blindness in later life?
Working Memory
Changes in which types of memory are most likely to affect the ability of an older adult to put words together in a sentence to convey the intended meaning ?
Collagen
Changes with age in the dermis layer of the skin are associated with age related alterations in elastin and which other proteins, also found in connective tissue throughout the body
N-back task
In an _________________, used to assess working memory, participants are asked to name earlier items presented in a series.
Presbyopia
Normal age-related changes in the lens of the eye results in which condition that afflicts all older adults?
Parallel processing
On simple search tasks, where targets stand out relatively easily from distractors, older adults perform at high levels, because these tasks require:
Well-defined
Problems in everyday life that are the easiest to solve for older adults are those that :
Neuronal Fallout Model
Researchers who study the aging of the central nervous system contrast the view that growth is always possible with the model statin that aging cause inevitable degeneration , known as the:
Muscle
Sarcopenia is associated with age-related changes in the ______________?
Reserve capacity
Testing the limits is a method used in studies of aging and cognition to demonstrate which principle related to plasticity?
Frontal lobe functioning
The Trail Making Test is used in a neuropsychological assessment to evaluate the older adult's :
General slowing hypothesis
The _____________________________ proposes that older adults become slower primarily because of nervous system changes.
Executive functioning
The abilities to plan, use working memory, allocate mental resources to incoming tasks, and inhibit information are included in the cognitive skill know in psychology as :
Instrumental activity of daily living
The ability to go shopping and handle finances falls under which measure of independent functioning?
Harmful alcohol use
The behavioral risk factors for chronic diseases in later adulthood include tobacco smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and _______________.
Classic-aging
The idea that intelligence tests such as the WAIS-IV show a peak in overall IQ in early adulthood is called the ___________________ pattern.
Self regulation and driving
The model of ____________________________ predicts that an older adult will continue to drive depends on the psychological factors of self-confidence and need for independence.
Beta Amyloid
The plaques found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease are made up of which substance?
Growth Hormone and Insuline-like Growth Factor
The somatopause of aging involves changes in which hormones?
Semantic
Vocabulary, factual information, historical knowledge fall into the category ______________ memory, a process not
Elderspeak
________________ is a speech pattern directed at older adult similar to the way people talk to babies.
Prebycusis
__________________ is the most common form of hearing loss caused mainly by exposure to loud noise.
Crystalized
___________________ refers to the acquisition of specific skills and info people gain as a result of exposure to language, knowledge, and conventions of culture
Arteriosclerosis
______________________ refers to the thickening and hardening of arteries.