Exam 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Neurogenesis plays a role in all of the following except:

What type of activity has been shown to restore brain volume, especially in the hippocampus, a brain region closely involved with memory?

Which of the following is not a type of long-term memory that shows an age-related decline?

A cause of heart disease in which the arteries stiffen and the walls accumulate cholesterol and fat plaques, which reduces blood flow, is called:

The ability to make flexible and efficient use of available brain resources that permits cognitive efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability is called:

The second most common form of dementia and loss of mental ability in older adulthood is:

The most common form of arthritis is:

Why has the gender gap in life expectancy shrunk in Western nations?

How is Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in humans?

Language comprehension, the ability to understand spoken or written language and retrieve the meaning of words, shows little to no change with age.

Older adults require more calories than younger adults.

Declines in reaction time account for much of the decline in older adults' driving performance.

Cataracts are associated with all of the following factors except:

The age-related loss of muscle mass and strength is called:

Ruth is an older adult. She does not eat well, sometimes even forgetting a meal altogether. She also does not drink enough liquids and was recently in the emergency room for dehydration. She has begun to demonstrate symptoms of dementia. Ruth's doctor identified that she was vitamin B12 deficient because of certain medications she was taking. What form of dementia does Ruth have?

What is the term used to describe when information that has previously been remembered interferes with memory for new information?

Which type of information in working memory does not show a decline in older adults?

Marilyn, an 82-year-old woman, has maintained high cognitive functioning as she has aged. She doesn't spend her time trying to do a wide variety of activities. She realized that when she tried to multitask she had more difficulty, so she has narrowed her goals and selects activities that she enjoys and is good at, like reading in her granddaughter's second-grade classroom. What is Marilyn engaging in?

Parkinson's symptoms cannot be treated, leaving individuals who have the disease disabled for the remainder of their lives.

Donald has a family history of Alzheimer's disease. What type of diet should he consume in order to reduce his risk for Alzheimer's disease?