Exam 1: Themes and Issues in Adult Development and Aging

A 77-year-old man has loved to jog for his entire life, and he is still able to keep up a pretty good pace. However, he is suffering hearing loss which makes it difficult for him to enjoy the music he likes to play while out on his run. In addition, he's noticing that it's getting harder for him to see the street signs unless the sun is brightly shining. This man illustrates which principle of aging?

The effects of a changing environment including normative-graded, history-graded, and non-normative changes refer to:

The term life ______ refers to the maximum number of years that a species lives, reflecting its genetic inheritance.

The main focus of the large British study known as Whitehall II is on the role of ____________ as a factor in development.

According to Statistics Canada, as of July 1, 2012 the number of people 65 plus and older in Canada is approximately _____ million.

The idea that people become more different from each other as they grow older is known as the principle that: