Exam 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Which of the following is a risk factor for both heart disease and cancer?

What did the Seattle Longitudinal Study on cognitive function show?

Which of the following is likely to contribute to a male's problems with sexual functioning?

Young drivers exhibit ________ lapses in attention and driving errors than middle-aged drivers.

What is the most likely explanation for the decline in sexual activity associated with mid-life?

Which of the following viruses is linked to cancers of the nose and throat?

What is the most common cause of vision changes in middle adulthood? What is the name of this condition?

Among women, death from ________ is considerably more likely than death from heart disease.

Which of the following is a risk factor associated with osteoporosis?

Which characteristic of Type A personality is most closely linked to CVD?

Which of the following is a factor that is likely to lead to clinical depression during and after menopause?

Watch the "Coping with Stress" clip and describe the symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder.

What is the most frequently abused substance in the U.S.?

Gilda is 35 years old. Her estrogen levels have decreased, her menstrual periods have become very irregular, and she experiences periods of extreme sweating. What's happening with Gilda?

The effects of primary aging typically become apparent after age ____.

Adella has never had anything but perfect vision, but shortly after her 40th birthday, she noticed it was getting more and more difficult to read the morning newspaper - as if her arms were not long enough to hold the paper far enough away to get it in focus. If Adella visits her ophthalmologist, she will likely be diagnosed with which of the following?

Bernice is 45. At least once a week, she wakes up in the middle of the night wringing wet with sweat. She is having ________, a form of ________.

Why do we understand relatively little about the normal, undamaged brains of middle-aged adults?

What is the condition that results from degeneration of the auditory nerves and inner ear structures, so that an individual loses the ability to hear sounds of high and very low frequencies?

What is the likelihood that a woman will develop clinically diagnoseable depression after menopause? Explain why.