Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

According to the text, the greatest age-related decline in deaths from ages 35-44 to ages 55-64 is in which of the following causes of death?

According to the text, which of the following is the most accurate statement about how men and women experience the climacteric?

Since 1900, the life expectancy at birth in the United States has increased by about:

Men are much more satisfied than are women with their sexual partners throughout adulthood.

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:

According to stress scales used to evaluate the degree of stress associated with particular life events, the stress linked to retirement is about the same as that linked to the death of a spouse.

Which of the following is a long-term effect associated with the estrogen loss that accompanies menopause?

Most decision makers in government, corporations, and society are middle aged.

Which of the following physical changes is typically experienced more severely in men than in women?

Bart, age 40, asks his doctor about what sensory changes he should expect. The doctor will most likely tell him that:

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

Arnie plans to retire at age 65. Therefore, beginning at about age 50, he makes a series of investments with his savings so that he will have enough income to support himself and he plans to move into a smaller, less expensive house. When his 65^th birthday comes, Arnie feels calm and prepared. Arnie's adjustment to retirement is best considered to be an example of how which of the following models view adult development?

According to the text, studies show that about ______ of men over the age of 40 will experience some erectile dysfunction.

Which of the following provides the best example of declarative knowledge?

According to the text, during middle adulthood, overall health typically ________ and the sense of well-being and satisfaction with life __________.

Which of the following people is LEAST likely to be experiencing the period of middle adulthood?

60 According to the text, studies show that about ______ of men over the age of 40 will experience some erectile dysfunction.

Compared to research conclusions drawn in the 1980s, researchers today are more likely to see the cognitive decline that is associated with aging as being:

In comparison to how well a group of young adults performs, a group of older adults would likely perform LEAST well on which of the following tasks?

Today in the United States, alcohol consumption is the ______ leading cause of preventable death in the United States.