HDFS
The average age at which women go through menopause about _______.
51
Which of the following statements is true?
A complete eye examination is recommended for people aged 45 years or older, with regular follow-up examinations.
Cognitive skills refers to different mental processes such as:
All of them
The biopsychosocial model explaining diabetes includes associations with
All of them
The most common hypothesis for explaining Alzheimer's Disease are:
All of them
Which of the following are physical changes that take place during adulthood?
All of them
__________ reduce the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.
All of them
Bone thinning:
All of them are true
Which of the following are risk factors for chronic disease in adulthood?
All the above
The most common chronic condition across all age groups is_________.
Arthritis
Which of the following would be considered a "social" age-related factor in the biopsychosocial perspective?
Becoming a grandparent.
People referred to as "old-old" have which specific characteristic?
Between the ages of 75-84
Instrumental activities of daily living DOES NOT include which of the following.
Buying clothes
__________ can be treated through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Cancer
__________ is a condition involving loss of memory and other cognitive functions.
Dementia
All older adults will have a severe decrease in judgment and decision making, abstract thinking, inhibition control, and organizational skills around 65 years old.
False
Exercise, video game playing, or cognitive training are not helpful for older adults.
False
Presbyopia is a disease of the eyes, which disrupts the daily lives of most people.
False
There are numerous symptoms of menopause and they are uniformly bothersome to all women.
False
Older adults maintain their __________ , which refers to tasks related to facts and previous experiences. Some examples are social judgement, reading comprehension, and vocabulary
Fluid intelligence
Which of the following statements is true?
Foot pain contributes to falls in older adults.
This is not a recommendation for communication with older adults
Give them many options and force them to respond "quizzing"
The leading cause of death in USA are
Heart Diseases
The cardiovascular system includes which of the following
Heart, veins, arteries
75-year-old Mrs. A. has difficulty with her vision due to cataracts but her friend Mrs. B., also 75, can see perfectly. However, Mrs. B.'s arthritis makes it difficult for her to walk while Mrs. A. recently ran a senior marathon. This example illustrates which principle of adult development and aging?
Individuality matters.
__________ is a painful degenerative joint disease in which the cartilage deteriorates.
Osteoarthritis
____________ is a hearing loss that occurs with aging.
Presbycusis
The index of age that represents a person's functioning on measures such as intelligence, memory, and learning ability is called ___________ age.
Psychological
Adult years are characterised by a progressive age related loss of muscle tissue known as ___________.
Sarcopenia
Activities of daily living ( ADL) DOES NOT include which of the following
Shopping
The parents of people in the Baby Boom generation are known as:
Silent Generation
Which of the following is NOT a preventative step for osteoporosis
Smoking
This is NOT a change that occurs in the healthy aging brain:
The left hemisphere stops working at night
Which of the following might account for the fact that the people who live to old age are the "survivors"?
Their families provided a strong support network.
Research can be empirical and theoretical. _________________ it is also called secondary research. It analyzes information and presents a new argument, a critique, or a new perspective. It also includes systematic literature reviews, proposals, metaanalysis, etc.
Theoretical
Individuals who are in the period of emerging adulthood are likely to show which qualities?
Transition to responsible family and work roles.
As one ages, the cells that produce color in the hair follicles stop functioning.
True
Body temperature is not as easily regulated in older people
True
Cognitive skills are assessed through intelligence tests and neuropsychological assessments
True
Hypertension is a condition in which an individual suffers from chronic abnormally elevated blood pressure.
True
Older adults compensate for deficits in one area of the brain by recruiting alternative brain regions in the processing of speech.
True
Stress incontinence can be brought about by a laugh, cough, sneeze, or lifting.
True
The combination of the person, the task, and the environment are all needed to explain age-related changes.
True
The skin starts to show small wrinkles around late twenties and early thirties
True
UV radiation including tanning beds is a major risk factor for cancer.
True
We can prevent negative cardiovascular changes that are associated with aging
True
With the right exercise program, older adults can increase muscle and maintain it as well as, or better than, their younger counterparts who do not train.
True
Yoga and other exercises are a great way to prevent and treat musculoskeletal problems.
True
Young and older adults require between 7 and 9 hours of sleep
True
The term __________ captures the concept that aging involves an interaction among processes such as physical changes, cognition, and social context.
biopsychosocial
Regular physical activity and exercise:
can reduce the risk of developing some diseases as people get older
Classifying individuals based on the year of birth is referred to as _________.
cohort
A researcher obtains information about one of her older participants in a study that suggests the participant may have difficulty driving. According to the ethical principle of ______________, however, she cannot report this to the participant's family.
confidentiality
The ________________ principle of adult development and aging proposes that changes build on themselves over life in a cumulative fashion.
continuity
A study found that as study time increases, participants' grades also increases. This study most likely used a __________ design.
correlational
A _____________ study compares groups of people with different ages at one point in time.
cross-sectional
In scientific research, the ___________ is the outcome that researchers observe. It cannot be manipulated.
dependent variable
The communication predicament model is associated with which type of language directed toward older adults?
elderspeak
Genevieve is 27 years old, finishing graduate school and living with her parents. As she makes her transition into adulthood, psychologists would consider her an example of someone in the age period called _______ adulthood.
emerging
The increased population of adults 65 and older in the U.S. can be attributed specifically to the higher life _______ being achieved by current generations.
expectancy
The number of years a person can expect to live with relatively little disability is known as:
health expectancy
In a scientific study, researchers manipulate this factor.
independent variable
Ethical guidelines require that researchers obtain ________________ in which they provide information about a study's risks and benefits to each participant and then obtain their signature indicating they understand it:
informed consent
A British documentary film maker followed a group of children every 7 years starting when they were 7 years old and continuing to track them down through age 56. This film comes closest to which type of developmental research design?
longitudinal
Which of the following would be considered an example of "normal" age-related psychological changes?
moderation of personal qualities
The large impact that COVID-19 had on long-term care residents of U.S. in 2020 makes it a ________________ influence on development.
normative history-graded
The thickening of the lens of the eye (loss of elasticity) that results in loss of ability to focus on near objects in middle and older age (after 37) is called _______.
presbyopia
Due to the process of ______ aging, an older adult may develop a disease such as skin cancer after years of exposure to the sun.
secondary
The term "gender" refers to
self-identification as male or female.
A world-class tennis player decides to end her career and retire at the age of 24. Her _____ age would be approximately 65 years old.
social
The term life ______ refers to the maximum number of years that a species lives, reflecting its genetic inheritance.
span
Because the _____________ are the individuals we study in later life, researchers caution that the findings may not be true for everyone born in a given period of time.
survivors
The rapid loss of functioning that individuals may experience at the very end of their lives is known as _________ aging.
tertiary
Current evidence on age-related changes in levels of testosterone in men indicates that _______.
there is a small and gradual decline from midlife onward
A _____________ is a characteristic that "varies" from individual to individual.
variable