Exam 20: Adulthood: Biosocial Development

During middle adulthood, a person typically loses muscle strength and also loses nearly an inch in height.

Diet affects how quickly skin wrinkles; fat slows down wrinkling.

The World Health Organization calls tobacco "the single largest preventable cause of death and chronic disease in the world today."

Implementation tends to be MOST successful when a person _____.

Which physical change does NOT typically occur in middle adulthood?

In the United States, sterilization is common after age _____.

"Male menopause" refers to the problems associated with a decrease in _____.

The leading risk factor for many diseases is _____.

Approximately 12 percent of U.S. couples are _____.

After the age of 20, _____ decreases by about 1 percent each year, causing the appearance of aging skin.

Vitality is a reflection of the objective measures of health, such as mortality and happiness.

Worldwide, women live _____ years longer than men, but there is variation from place to place.

Currently in the United States, _____ of adults are overweight.

Hormones have been used to treat symptoms of menopause in women.

Which statement does NOT describe the effect of SES on people's life spans?

Marissa has a BMI of 40. She would be classified as _____.

Binge drinking is implicated in liver cancer, but not other types.

_____ is/are thought to be one cause of an epidemic of heroin deaths, which have more than tripled from 2010 to 2014.

Within the past two decades, researchers have found that parts of the brain grow and gain neurons during adulthood. In fact, not only do dendrites form and pathways strengthen; new neurons are born (neurogenesis). However, for some aging adults, severe brain loss occurs before age 65. Summarize four causes of early and pronounced brain loss.

Thousands of scientists have found that _____ helps virtually every age-related condition that people encounter.