Exam 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues

According to the text, the guiding principle behind setting up an effective family care program for dealing with Alzheimer's patients should be:

Which sort of medication would be LEAST likely prescribed for depression?

In preparing for a date in court, Angeline commits to memory the details of the case. This sort of conscious preparation and remembering of information is an example of ____ memory.

Hilde is buying a bulb that will light up when someone rings her doorbell. She is buying this because although she can hear people fairly well during normal conversations, she has a very difficult time hearing the high-pitched sound of the doorbell. Hilde is MOST likely experiencing:

As people grow old, their:

Lo is an impoverished member of an ethnic minority group in the United States. Given this, how is her longevity MOST likely to be negatively impacted?

The defining characteristic of a cerebral vascular accident is:

Older adults perform just as well as younger adults on most tasks measuring speed of processing.

Which statement is MOST accurate about the level of detail remembered about past events?

Research by Camp and Skrajner (2004) on training individuals with dementia to be group leaders led to the conclusion that:

Fifty-year-old Keith is informed by his doctor that his brain is showing signs of the initial development of neuritic plaques and a few neurofibrillary tangles. This is:

In an attempt to diagnose Alzheimer's, Dr. Moneypenny is taking a sample of cerebrospinal fluid. She would be MOST likely looking for a certain protein called:

Which would MOST dramatically impact the levels of free radicals in one's body?

In 1950, the population distribution of the United States resembled a(n):

The defining characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is dementia.

Discuss the possible causes, symptoms, and treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

Which headline concerns maximum longevity?

Dementia is defined as a serious impairment of:

Presbycusis is characterized by reduced sensitivity to high-pitched sounds.

Wilbur has decided to increase his intake of antioxidants like vitamins A and E in order to lower the development of certain age-related diseases and to live longer. The most recent evidence in aging suggests that Wilbur will: