Quiz 9

A  emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.

B  continue to actively make new friends.

C  become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death.

D  spend most of her time with familiar friends.

A  the cohort model

B  the longitudinal model

C  the convoy model

D  the network 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  better osmoregulation and lower trans fat

D  lower cholesterol levels and improved lung function

A  in early adulthood

B  in adolescence

C  in middle childhood

D  in late adulthood

A  conscientiousness

B  openness to experience

C  agreeableness

D  neuroticism

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

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

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

D  Persevere and keep trying until you reach your goal.

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

B  because of the expanding area of the visual field

C  because of the decline in color vision

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

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

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

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

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

A  selection

B  organization

C  compensation

D  optimization

A  functional

B  normative

C  schematic

D  semantic

A  It is also known as declarative memory.

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

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

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

A  semantic

B  source

C  episodic

D  prospective

A  attachment theory

B  reverse neurogenesis theory

C  mitochondrial theory

D  two-factor theory

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

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

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

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

A  prospective

B  implicit

C  semantic

D  episodic

A  Patients Act

B  Pure Food and Drug Act

C  Patient Self-Determination Act

D  Affordable Care Act

A  It was proposed by Paul Baltes and his colleagues.

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

A  Alzheimer disease.

B  dementia other than Alzheimer disease.

C  Parkinson disease.

D  brain cancer.

A  eldercare

B  home care service

C  emergency care

D  hospice care

A  amygdala

B  hippocampus

C  hypothalamus

D  prefrontal cortex

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

B  Habitual smoking is common among centenarians.

C  Most of the centenarians are obese.

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

A  socioemotional selectivity theory

B  activity theory

C  social breakdown theory

D  disengagement theory

A  selective

B  executive

C  sustained

D  divided

A  prospective

B  situational

C  semantic

D  episodic

A  anger.

B  abuse.

C  ambivalence.

D  apathy.