Exam 15: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

All types of memory functions decline in middle adulthood.

Which of the following is a stress hormone connected with anger?

Mature learners are more likely than younger learners to find a subject matter interesting for its own sake.

Reuben, an obese 55-year-old man, experiences chest pain. He is rushed to an emergency room in a hospital where he describes his pain as a feeling of heavy pressure or tightness in the chest along with shortness of breath. Reuben is most likely suffering from a(n) _____.

Which of the following refers to the body's system of skin, hair, and nails?

Which of the following defines vasomotor instability?

With aging, the tissues in our body become more capable of taking up glucose from the bloodstream.

Mature learners often share their thoughts or perspectives with their class.

The climacteric refers to the gradual decline in the reproductive capacity of the ovaries.

Hair usually begins to gray in middle adulthood because of:

Erectile problems can arise when clogged or narrow arteries leading to the penis deprive the penis of blood and oxygen.

Arthur's physician has warned him of a possible heart attack in the near future. There is a buildup of plaque in the lining of Arthur's arteries, resulting in the heart receiving insufficient blood. In this scenario, Arthur is suffering from _____.

Heart disease most commonly results from arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.

Which of the following tests is used to screen women for breast cancer?

Describe estrogen deficiency among menopausal women and hormone replacement therapy as its cure.

During middle adulthood, the skin tends to lose its _________. ​

Cataracts, glaucoma, and hearing loss are usually problems of early adulthood.

Which of the following is a similarity between benign tumors and malignant tumors?

Which of the following refers to the fatty deposits that develop in the lining of arteries?

Discuss the signs and symptoms of heart disease in middle adulthood.