Exam 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

What are primary and secondary aging? How do they differ?

__________ especially decline in height because of a loss of __________.

In a series of studies,when older adults were assigned to theater-arts training,singing lessons,or no-intervention control groups,__________.

Van sometimes has trouble finding the right words to convey his thoughts.He often says,"It is right on the tip of my tongue." Like many older adults,Van is most likely __________.

Frailty __________.

In the year before Trudy died,her friends and family noticed that she had become less active and more withdrawn,even in their company.Trudy experienced __________.

In longitudinal research,__________ declined cognitively at a faster rate than counterparts,even after initial health status,mental test performance,and SES were controlled.

In old age,__________ is/are better preserved than __________.

Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are both types of __________.

Several large-scale studies indicate that over the past several decades,__________ has occurred in industrialized nations.

Discuss some nondrug protective factors that help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Which of the following is true about hearing loss in late adulthood?

Age differences in __________ memory are much smaller than in __________ memory.

Which statement is true about sexuality in late adulthood?

Which older male has the greatest risk of vascular dementia?

Centenarians __________.

Which male has the lowest healthy life expectancy?

For most of late adulthood,cognitive declines are __________.

In late life,more women than men report being __________ impaired,and more men than women __________ impaired.

The risk of __________ fracture increases fifteenfold from age 65 to 85.