Exam 16: Older Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Compared to 15 years ago, today there are about times more cosmetic surgical procedures performed in the United States.

Thus, most people who retire would belong to which of the following groups?

Suppose you apply for a job as a data programmer and you are asked to compare two lists of numbers paired side by side, noting which pairs of numbers are identical to each other and which pairs are different from each other. This task would best be considered a test of:

The term most often used to refer to theories suggesting that genetic programming determines the pace and processes of aging are referred to as:

According to the text, if the young-old slow down their activity level, this is usually due mainly:

According to the text, which of the following senses is LEAST affected by advanced age?

If you judged the way that younger and older men and women are portrayed in U. S. movies today, you would most likely conclude that ageist stereotypes are greatest for:

According to the text, the percentage of older adults who live in nursing homes is:

According to statistics presented in the text, the life expectancy for 75-year-old adults living in the U. S. today is:

Suppose you are given a test that asks questions such as: "Suppose a single mother with no money wants to have another child. What should she do?" This question is most likely on a test that assesses which of the following traits:

The term used to refer to people in their 80s is which of the following?

In the United States today, the median age of the population is about:

Jack is 67 years old and is dying from liver disease that has resulted from his long and heavy over-consumption of alcohol. The term that best captures the idea that Jack's illness results from poor lifestyle choices is:

The fastest growing segment of the U.S. population is that including:

Studies often show that mistakes in prescribing and dispensing prescription drugs are quite frequently made, both by health-care professionals and by older adults themselves.

The text cites recent studies of the brain that indicate that as adults age, their brain actually becomes _________ and the activity of their brain in the prefrontal cortex regions __________.

Hearing loss that results from working in a noisy factory environment is a good example of a pathological aging factor.

Older adults typically are an inch or more shorter than they were during their early adult life.

According to statistics presented in the text, in the United States in colonial times about 1 in ___ people were age 65 and over; today, about 1 in ___ people are age 65 and over, and in 2030, about 1 in ___ people is expected to be age 65 and over.

In the U.S. today, surveys suggest that about of men and women approve of cosmetic surgery and about of them would consider it for themselves.