Exam 12: Adulthood: Body and Mind

Paula is a middle-aged doctor who is an expert at laser eye surgery for the correction of myopia (nearsightedness). She graduated from medical school 35 years ago. Daryl is a young doctor who also does the surgery; he graduated from medical school 5 years ago. According to the textbook, who would likely be the better choice for operating on your eyes?

The first visible signs of senescence are usually observed in a person's:

What visible changes take place in the skin and hair between ages 25 and 65?

The steady rise in average IQ across many generations is known as the ______.

Apply Sternberg's three forms of intelligence to taking this exam. First, name and describe each form Sternberg outlined and then discuss the form(s) you are using to complete this test.

Which statement about gastric bypass surgery in obese adults is FALSE?

Regular exercise helps adults in all these ways EXCEPT:

Name and define the four measures of health discussed in the text. On which measure do you think the medical profession should focus? Why?

Crystallized intelligence tends to increases with age while fluid intelligence decreases with age.

In comparing individuals from the same ethnic groups, immigrants are statistically _____ than native- born individuals.

Which statement is true for people of both genders as they age?

What happens to the brain as it ages? What four factors can cause significant brain loss to occur earlier than it would be expected?

Thinking that occurs without deliberate, conscious thought is _____ processing.

What visible changes take place in body shape between ages 25 and 65?

Compared to novices, experts typically:

To solve a problem in his or her special area, the expert is more likely than the novice to:

Once a person has reached adulthood, the vital capacity of his or her lungs drops about 4 percent:

A person who is quick at assembling puzzles and creative with words and numbers is someone with _____ intelligence.

Alicia, who is 31, arrived in the United States 6 months ago. She was accompanied by her daughter Maricela, age 8, and her mother, Rosita, age 55. They joined Danilo (Maricela's father) who has lived in the United States for the past 2 years. Statistically, which family member is at greatest risk for obesity?

Give an example of how an expert in a profession of your choice might think flexibly.