Exam 16: Older Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Helen used to love to sew, but when she turned 90 she gave this up, because she could no longer see well enough to thread a needle. Helen's problem is best described as one involving:

In colonial America, older adults typically:

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:

Generalizing from research described in the text, you would expect older adults to suffer the greatest memory decrement on which of the following tasks?

If you were a dietician at a restaurant in an extended care facility where active healthy people in older adulthood ate, you should know that, in comparison to younger adults, older adults need about _______ calories and about _______ nutrients.

Statistically speaking, which of the following people is the MOST likely to be taking 3 or more prescription medicines?

Suppose that Dr. Rand goes to a college reunion and asks for volunteers to take a memory test. He identifies 4 groups: people who graduated in 1920-1925, in 1940-1945, in 1960-1965, and in 1980-1985. He then analyzes how these groups compare to each other on the tests. Dr. Rand's study is best considered to be an example of:

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:

Unless a brain disease is involved, the brains of older adults typically become slightly larger and heavier with advancing age.

If you were to estimate the typical percentage of prescription errors that occur in administering medicines to older adults, the most accurate percentage would be which of the following?

According to the text, what percent of U.S. adults age 85 and older live in nursing homes?

To say that a condition is chronic means that it:

Statistically speaking, which of the following adults has the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes?

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

If you were to investigate ageist stereotypes, you should expect to find that:

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

The text suggests that older adulthood is best thought of as consisting of 4 distinct age-related periods. Why is older adulthood, but not other stages of development, divided into "substages"?

Diabetes is a chronic disease that involves a problem with the body's use of, or production of, _________, a protein produced in the pancreas that is needed to break down molecules of _______.

Retirement in the United States today typically occurs at about age 65 or 66. Thus, most people who retire would belong to which of the following groups?

Chuck, age 82, suffers from confusion, forgetfulness, and personality changes associated with old age. The general term that best describes Chuck's symptoms is: