Exam 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Which of the following biological theories of aging states that people age because their cells' normal metabolism produces unstable oxygen molecules?

Cynthia is 91 years old.Her optic nerves have been damaged due to buildup of fluid in the eye.The doctor has told her that her condition can be treated with eye drops.The disease that has impaired Cynthia's vision is:

Women are especially vulnerable to _____,which is the leading cause of broken bones in women.

Jace has been diagnosed with _____,a condition characterized by damage to the optic nerve due to buildup of fluid in the eye.

Mr.Dalton has a disease that is characterized by muscle tremors,slow movement,and partial facial paralysis.The doctors have told his family that the disease is chronic and progressive in nature.Which of the following conditions does Mr.Martin most likely have?

The _____ is involved in memory.

According to research,each successive generation in the twentieth and now the twenty-first century is _____ educated than generations prior.

The _____ is involved in smell.

These researchers found that one of the most important factors related to health in a nursing home is the patient's feelings of control and self-determination.

Frank,age 67,recites a poem that he learned in grade school,much to the amazement of his grandchildren.This is an example of Frank's _____ memory.

Reductions in _____ have been linked to small declines in memory functioning and to the severe memory loss associated with Alzheimer disease.

Exercise is linked to the prevention or delayed onset of chronic diseases,such as:

Adeline,age 90,still drives her car to the senior center every Friday.Last week she told you that someone you know from her church died.When you ask her for the person's name,she says,"I can't remember her name.She sits near the front and always has a hat on." Clearly Adeline has better _____ memory than _____ memory.

Which of the following is a similarity of the cellular clock,free-radical,and mitochondrial theories?

_____ theory states that cells can divide a maximum of about 75 to 80 times,and that as we age our cells become less capable of dividing.

_____ attention is focused and extended engagement with an object,task,event,or some other aspect of the environment.

The _____ is one area that shrinks more than others with aging.

The retention of information without conscious recollection,such as the ability to comb one's hair or type on a keyboard.

A transitional state between cognitive changes of normal aging and very early Alzheimer disease and other dementias.

_____ are DNA sequences that cap chromosomes.