Exam 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Now that she's reached old age, Veronica's heart pumps blood slower when she swims laps in the pool than it did when she was younger. At the same time, however, it pumps a larger amount of blood with each heartbeat. Veronica's heart is demonstrating which of the following?

After she was widowed at age 78, Margaret told herself that she'd never find someone else who would love her as much as Joe did, so she told her friends that marriage and male companionship were really not important to her at this stage of her life. Margaret was engaging in loss-based

Which of the following statistics is most accurate about Alzheimer's disease?

June finally got the nerve to ask her doctor if there are exercises or medications that can help her urinary incontinence. The doctor likely informed her that there are

What is the biggest risk factor for vascular dementia?

The condition in which bones become brittle is called

On average, how long do people live with Alzheimer's disease?

Dementia is to _____, as delirium is to_____.

Scientists who believe that humans have a maximum lifespan suggest that it is what age?

Atherosclerosis is when_____, whereas arteriosclerosis is when .

In ancient Rome, life expectancy was approximately how many years?

The remarkable increases in life expectancy over the past several decades are due mainly to breakthroughs in treating

Acute illnesses are to chronic illnesses as_____is to _____.

In a recent survey of 224 countries, how did the United States rank in life expectancy?

In countries with the longest life expectancies, people can expect to live to what age?

Which bodily control system integrates information received from the senses, muscles, and organs and sends commands to regulate functions throughout the body?

African-Americans have life expectancies that are about_____years shorter than that of whites. Poor people have life expectancies that are_____years shorter than that of wealthier people.

As Yoshi looked out of the window of the speeding train, his eyes registered many sights that faded from his memory a second or two later. Which of Yoshi's memory systems processed the view out of the train window?

In the Middle Ages (around the year 1250), life expectancy was about how many years?

The elderly man was an avid golf player. He was able to correctly define any golf term, and he still played like a pro. However, when asked what golf club he belonged to, he had trouble remembering the name Timber Lake Golf Club. Which of the elderly man's long-term memories appear to be intact?