Exam 20: Adulthood: Biosocial Development

Metabolism decreases by about one-third between ages 20 and 60.

Adulthood covers the four decades of life between ages _____ and _____.

Research indicates that middle-aged men and women in committed, monogamous relationships are MOST likely to be _____ with their sex lives.

Individuals who drink alcohol in _____ tend to live longer than those who never drink.

The drop in testosterone levels of older men is known as "andropause."

Most adults are not aware of senescence until about age 60 or so due to _____.

To assess how impaired Bill is by heart disease, one would determine his _____.

Infertility is often defined as being unable to conceive after trying for at least one year.

The World Health Organization has described _____ use as "the single largest preventable cause of death and chronic disease in the world."

With fertility treatments, surgery repairs reproductive systems, and _____ overcomes such obstacles as low sperm count and blocked fallopian tubes.

The drop in testosterone levels of older men is known as "_____."

As Tom helped himself to a fourth beer, he announced to everyone at the barbecue that alcohol is healthy in moderation. How does the text define "moderation"?

At which age is an individual likely to experience the slowest sexual arousal?

More men are morbidly obese than women in the United States.

Research has found that screening for prostate cancer has led to overdiagnosis, negative biopsies, and surgery to remove prostate cancer that would not have spread. This has resulted in _____ morbidity.

_____ literally means "aging hearing."

Women experience menopause; men experience _____.

The first visible signs of aging are in brain functioning.

Janice, who is 55 years old, needs to get three projects done by the end of the week at work. When she was younger, she would have worked on all three projects more or less at the same time. Now that she is older, however, Janice needs to work on one project at a time. Janice's current inability to multitask is due to changes in her _____.

The last step in the process of breaking a habit is planning.