Quiz 9

A  emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.

B  become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death.

C  continue to actively make new friends.

D  spend most of her time with familiar friends.

A  the network model

B  the cohort model

C  the convoy model

D  the longitudinal model

A  growth of dendrites decreased.

B  growth of dendrites increased.

C  number of neurons increased.

D  number of axons increased.

A  lower cholesterol levels and improved lung function

B  better osmoregulation and lower trans fat

C  estrogen production and the additional X chromosome

D  postmenopausal hormone levels and increased body water

A  in late adulthood

B  in early adulthood

C  in middle childhood

D  in adolescence

A  neuroticism

B  conscientiousness

C  openness to experience

D  agreeableness

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

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

C  Persevere and keep trying until you reach your goal.

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

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

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

C  because of the decline in color vision

D  because of the expanding area of the visual field

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

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

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

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

A  organization

B  selection

C  compensation

D  optimization

A  schematic

B  semantic

C  normative

D  functional

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

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

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

D  It is also known as declarative memory.

A  source

B  prospective

C  semantic

D  episodic

A  reverse neurogenesis theory

B  mitochondrial theory

C  two-factor theory

D  attachment theory

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

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

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

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

A  episodic

B  semantic

C  implicit

D  prospective

A  Patients Act

B  Patient Self-Determination Act

C  Pure Food and Drug Act

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

D  It was proposed by Paul Baltes and his colleagues.

A  Parkinson disease.

B  dementia other than Alzheimer disease.

C  Alzheimer disease.

D  brain cancer.

A  emergency care

B  eldercare

C  hospice care

D  home care service

A  amygdala

B  hippocampus

C  hypothalamus

D  prefrontal cortex

A  Habitual smoking is common among centenarians.

B  Most of the centenarians are obese.

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

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

A  disengagement theory

B  socioemotional selectivity theory

C  social breakdown theory

D  activity theory

A  selective

B  divided

C  executive

D  sustained

A  semantic

B  prospective

C  situational

D  episodic

A  abuse.

B  ambivalence.

C  apathy.

D  anger.