Exam 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years

By age 60, all adults show some signs of aging.

Over 50% of people in the hospital are over the age of 65.

During later adulthood, adults gain sensitivity in their senses.

Socioeconomic status plays a role in the extent of memory loss people experience in later adulthood.

As Elio was telling stories about his life that made him the man he is today, his grandson was surprised to learn that the major experiences that shaped his grandfather's life happened:

Wisdom is a distinct feature, descriptive only of the oldest-old.

The National Institute on Aging is a government resource that provides information on:

Wisdom is a simple concept with a universally agreed upon definition.

Sarah was immediately worried about her grandfather when she got off the plane and could tell that her grandfather ________________ by the way he was looking around. She didn't know that this was a sign of a decrease in selective attention, commonly associated with cognitive aging.

In later adulthood, top-down processing declines faster than bottom-up processing.

The fastest growing age group is people age 85 and older.

In older adults, vascular dementia is caused by:

In older adulthood, the most common problem associated with skeletal aging is loss of bone mass.

Interventions successful in demonstrating an increase in telomere length recommend lifestyle changes, such as:

While there is a growing need for nurses trained to work with older adult patients, there also is a:

Whole brain volume decreases after age 35 and with increasing rapidity near later decades of the lifespan.

When Grandma Evie's hands began to take on a different shape, her family members encouraged her to go to the doctor because they were concerned that she was developing:

More than in Western cultures, Eastern cultures value wisdom and knowledge accumulated as an outcome of:

When Brielle arrived with her parents for her favorite holiday, their annual, traditional Christmas celebration at her grandparents' house, she cried when she found the house decorated with Easter and Valentine's Day decorations and her grandmother dressed in red, white, and blue. Within a month, Brielle's grandmother was diagnosed with:

Increasingly common in older adulthood ____________________ cloud the lens of the eye, giving the pupil a cloudy look.