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

The _____ framework was developed by Camp and colleagues (1993; 2007) to help older adults utilize two different types of aids to compensate for normal declines in memory skill.​

One current theory of why cancer cells can replicate so rapidly and why they may, in fact, be able to live with no time limits, is because they​

The tips of chromosomes, which may play a role in the manner in which we age, are called ____.

While you are studying for your psychology exam, you are using a form of memory that is intentional, conscious, and remembered at a specific time. In other words, you are using ____ memory.​

A form of dementia called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by​

Which theory of aging would be most useful at explaining why muscle tissue and some arteries get stiffer over time, leading to potentially severe consequences?​

Gina is recalling the time last year that she hiked up a big hill in the rain with a group of her friends. This memory would be best described as a(n) ____ memory.​

A large number of ____ in the brain has been found to have an association with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.​

A person's useful life expectancy refers to the age at which half of the people born in a particular year will have died.​

A graphic technique that is used to illustrate population trends by showing the relative sizes of different age groups is called a ____.

Which vision problem is the leading cause of functional blindness in older adults?​

The most serious age-related condition is depression.

An important step in the diagnosis of depression in older adults is ruling out other possible causes of symptoms, including neurological disorders, medical side effects, metabolic conditions, and substance abuse.​

Which part of a normal human neuron gets twisted together to form a neurofibrillary tangle?​

X-rays, computerized tomography (CT scans), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are all examples of _______________ neuroimaging.

Damaged and dying neurons sometimes collect around a core of protein and produce ____, which likely interferes with the normal functioning of other, healthy neurons.

People who study population trends are called psychometricians.

Dementia that is caused by a series of small strokes is called _______________ dementia.

Define longevity, and define and differentiate between the three different types of life expectancy that comprise longevity.

There are three major groups of biological theories of how we age.​