Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

The ability that typically experiences the most decline in middle adulthood is memory.

According to the text, which of the following statements about racial/ethnic differences in healthiness is FALSE?

If you asked a representative sample of adults in the U. S. if they had consumed alcohol in the past 30 days, you should expect that about _____ would answer "yes."

Which of the following terms refers to the loss of bone mass and increased bone fragility?

Women's loss of bone mass accelerates greatly after menopause due in largest part to which of the following?

If you were to choose a few words to describe how an older adult's cognitive processes differ from those of a younger adult, you would be most accurate to conclude that the older adult's mental processes were:

Which of the following groups has the LOWEST death rate during middle adulthood?

Since Ed has been a tax attorney for over 25 years, he is now able to analyze clients' problems and draw conclusions from experience-based information and knowledge. Although he does not solve problems as quickly as he did when he was younger, his solutions are more complex and therefore better. The fact that his solutions are more complex best illustrates which of the following concepts?

The life expectancy today for individuals who have reached the age of 45 in the United States is:

According to the text, the heart pumps an average of ______ blood to the body for each decade after the beginning of adulthood.

Hearing loss involving high-frequency sounds is more common in:

In the United States today, death rates for men typically equal the death rates for women throughout the adult years.

If you were to conduct a survey of 100 women who were in the midst of menopause, you should expect that about ____ would report they felt relief about the cessation of their menstrual cycle.

Although cognitive abilities typically decline in middle and older adulthood, thinking usually becomes more efficient and therefore faster, so performance usually remains steady until about age 70.

For some adults in middle adulthood, an emphasis on sexuality gives way to a greater sense of sensuality.

Prolonged stress appears to take its toll on health primarily by causing heart capacity to decline.

If you were to conduct a survey of 100 women who were experiencing the symptoms of menopause, you should expect that about ____ of women would report having hot flashes.

Most researchers nowadays agree with Levinson's view of middle adulthood in men as routinely involving a midlife crisis.

Bob tells his 45-year-old father to look forward to middle age, since this is a period in which most people experience only a slight decline in overall health but an increase in their sense of well-being and satisfaction with life. Bob's comment is:

Knowing how to start a car is a good example of declarative knowledge.