Exam 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

The usual course of Alzheimer's disease involves_____ deficits.

All of the following are bodily control systems except

Tammy was unable to stand on one foot with her eyes closed. The problem involved the receptors in her

Which of the following is a reversible brain disorder?

In 1950, there were 3,000 centenarians (people 100 years old or older) living in the United States. One hundred years later, in 2050, it is predicted that there will be how many centenarians?

Discuss how programmed, evolutionary, and random damage theories explain why we age.

What is the leading cause of death from injury in later life?

The leading cause of blindness in old age is

Telomeres are

During World War II, food shortages in some European countries were linked to

Noriko's grandmother has become hard-of-hearing. Lately, she no longer wants to participate in the family's social occasions because it embarrasses her when she can't hear what anyone is saying. She has even told her granddaughters to leave her alone. Noriko, who is very close to her grandmother, asked her friends what she should do. The best advice she received was

The doctor correctly diagnosed that her patient had vascular dementia rather than Alzheimer's because the

Which of the following brain areas is likely to show the greatest decline in volume with age?

Nate and Olivia are 75-year-old twins. If they are typical, then_____will live longer and experience _____ disability.

Baby Jack was born last week. His great, great-grandfather Emmet was born in 1900 and fulfilled his life expectancy. How many more years longer can we expect Jack to live than his great-grandfather?

Ben is doing research on the effects of aging. The one thing that he found that most reliably differentiates older people from younger ones is that the older people always have

Ninety-six-year-old Henry was able to do activities of daily living (ADLs), but he was no longer able to do instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). One of the things he was no longer able to do was

While they were on vacation together, Molly first guessed that her sister Edna had Alzheimer's disease when Edna showed up at the hotel dining room for breakfast wearing pajamas and a robe. At that point, Edna was manifesting what kind of deficit?

Alzheimer's disease is typically diagnosed

According to evolutionary theories of aging, we age and die because