Quiz 9

A  become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death.

B  spend most of her time with familiar friends.

C  continue to actively make new friends.

D  emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.

A  the network model

B  the cohort model

C  the longitudinal model

D  the convoy model

A  number of axons increased.

B  growth of dendrites increased.

C  number of neurons increased.

D  growth of dendrites decreased.

A  estrogen production and the additional X chromosome

B  postmenopausal hormone levels and increased body water

C  lower cholesterol levels and improved lung function

D  better osmoregulation and lower trans fat

A  in late adulthood

B  in adolescence

C  in middle childhood

D  in early adulthood

A  conscientiousness

B  agreeableness

C  neuroticism

D  openness to experience

A  When things do not go the way they used to, search for other ways to achieve what you want.

B  Focus on the most important goal at a particular time.

C  Persevere and keep trying until you reach your goal.

D  If things don’t go well for you, be willing to let others help you.

A  because of the expanding area of the visual field

B  because of increased tolerance for glare and increased sensitivity to contrasts

C  because of diminishing sensitivity to contrasts and reduced tolerance for glare

D  because of the decline in color vision

A  Fewer older adults are returning to college today to further their education than in past generations.

B  Educational experiences have no impact or are negatively correlated with scores on intelligence tests and information-processing tasks.

C  For older adults with less education, frequently engaging in cognitive activities improve their episodic memory.

D  Today’s older adults were less likely to go to college when they were young adults than were their parents or grandparents.

A  optimization

B  organization

C  compensation

D  selection

A  functional

B  schematic

C  semantic

D  normative

A  It is memory of facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can state.

B  It is also known as declarative memory.

C  It is more likely to be adversely affected by aging than explicit memory is.

D  It involves skills and routine procedures that are performed automatically.

A  prospective

B  episodic

C  source

D  semantic

A  attachment theory

B  mitochondrial theory

C  reverse neurogenesis theory

D  two-factor theory

A  Divorce is far less common among younger adults than older adults.

B  The majority of divorced older adults are men, due to their greater longevity.

C  Rising divorce rates, increased longevity, and better health have led to an increase in remarriage among older adults.

D  Women are more likely than men to remarry, thus removing themselves from the pool of divorced older adults.

A  implicit

B  semantic

C  episodic

D  prospective

A  Affordable Care Act

B  Patients Act

C  Patient Self-Determination Act

D  Pure Food and Drug Act

A  It challenges the stereotype that the majority of older adults are in emotional despair because of their social isolation.

B  It emphasizes that the trajectory of motivation for knowledge-related goals declines in adolescence and early adulthood and then peaks during middle and late adulthood.

C  It was proposed by Paul Baltes and his colleagues.

D  It states that adults become less selective about their social networks as they grow older.

A  Parkinson disease.

B  dementia other than Alzheimer disease.

C  Alzheimer disease.

D  brain cancer.

A  eldercare

B  home care service

C  hospice care

D  emergency care

A  hypothalamus

B  hippocampus

C  amygdala

D  prefrontal cortex

A  Most U.S. centenarians are likely to describe historical events, death/grief, and work/retirement events.

B  Most of the centenarians are obese.

C  Habitual smoking is common among centenarians.

D  Only a small percentage of centenarians have had significant changes in their thinking skills.

A  activity theory

B  disengagement theory

C  social breakdown theory

D  socioemotional selectivity theory

A  divided

B  executive

C  selective

D  sustained

A  episodic

B  semantic

C  situational

D  prospective

A  anger.

B  apathy.

C  abuse.

D  ambivalence.