Exam 16: Older Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Older adulthood is more complex than earlier developmental stages because the people in this stage vary so substantially from each other.

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:

If you conducted a survey of older adults who live in their own homes, you would expect that about ____ would report that they suffer from sleep problems of one sort or another.

Older adults typically have some difficulty in driving a car. The particular visual problem that is most responsible for driving problems and car accidents is:

Pneumonia is a good example of a chronic health condition.

The term senility refers to the normal aging not connected with the occurrence of disease in an individual, and to the universal biological process of aging.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the three most common chronic conditions associated with 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?

In the United States today, about what percent of the population is age 65 or older?

Judy is upset because her doctor has just put her on medication because her blood pressure is too high. Judy suffers from :

Brenda has been a watercolor artist all of her adult life. Now in her 60s, she has lost the ability to distinguish fine detail. Her visual problem would best be described as a decline in:

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

The normal, age-related changes that occur in the brain as we enter older adulthood are most likely the result of having ______ of brain cells and having _______ connections among brain cells.

Suppose you are given a test that asks you to identify similarities between two words. For example, one question asks, "How are a cup and a plate alike?" This test is most likely measuring which of the cognitive abilities tested in the Seattle Longitudinal Study?

If you were to choose one word to describe the essence of what developmentalists mean by the term "wisdom" that word would be:

According to the text, which of the following factors accounts for the largest share of problems older adults have with driving a car?

Brenda has been a watercolor artist all of her adult life. Now in her 60s, she has lost the ability to distinguish fine detail. Her visual problem would best be described as a decline in:

The average annual prescription drug cost for non-institutionalized Medicare recipients was about ____ in 1992, compared to about ____ in 2004.

In general, what has been the effect of high-intensity physical exercise programs for the elderly?

Larry was an orphaned child and has lived in an institution his entire life. As he ages, he begins to experience the symptoms of dementia. If these symptoms are the result of his impoverished living conditions, they would best be considered an example of what the text defines as: