Exam 16: Older Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

In Baltes' studies, participants are asked to consider complex situations and make recommendations about the best course of action. For example, a question might be: "A teenage boy wants to drop out of high school. What should his parents do?" Tests comprised of questions such as this have helped Baltes and his colleagues understand the concept of:

The general conclusion of the Seattle Longitudinal Study is that most cognitive abilities remain intact through most adulthood, although some decline is noticeable by age 65 and this decline accelerates at about age 85.

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

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

Which of the following is a disease that involves a progressive deterioration of brain cells, especially in the cerebral cortex, and is a common cause of dementia?

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 __________.

If you were to compare the average prescription drug costs of people age 65 and over in the U.S. in 2012 to these same costs in 2004, you would expect that they have gone up about:

Suppose you watch 100 current U.S. films as part of a course on film. If these films are representative of those typically produced in the U.S., which of the following groups of people would be most likely to be presented as unattractive, unfriendly, and unintelligent?

If Leila is hospitalized and the diagnosis is "multi-infarct dementia," her family would know that she has:

The term usually used to refer to the memory store that holds visual or auditory memories very briefly for a few seconds prior to further processing of the information is called:

According to Baltes and his colleagues, the combination of knowledge and judgment defines:

Of all of the cosmetic surgical procedures done in the U.S., about are done on women.

The type of diabetes that typically develops in adulthood and is linked to obesity is called:

If you were to guess which of the following 90-year-old men would be LEAST likely to be honored and respected by his family and members of his culture, your best guess would be?

If you were to study how Japanese citizens consider filial piety today, you would most likely find that which of the following groups are LEAST likely to honor this tradition?

If you were to compare the performance of a group of 30-year-olds and a group of 70-year-olds, the most noticeable differences would most likely be on tasks that involved:

People are seldom ambivalent in their feelings about aging; most believe older adulthood to be filled with only negative events.

Older adults have trouble ignoring irrelevant stimuli and this, more than vision problems, contributes to their problems with driving a car.

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

Type 2 diabetes is associated with higher risks of developing all of the following conditions EXCEPT: