Quiz 9

A  spend most of her time with familiar friends.

B  emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.

C  become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death.

D  continue to actively make new friends.

A  the cohort model

B  the longitudinal model

C  the convoy model

D  the network model

A  growth of dendrites decreased.

B  number of axons increased.

C  growth of dendrites increased.

D  number of neurons increased.

A  better osmoregulation and lower trans fat

B  lower cholesterol levels and improved lung function

C  postmenopausal hormone levels and increased body water

D  estrogen production and the additional X chromosome

A  in late adulthood

B  in early adulthood

C  in adolescence

D  in middle childhood

A  agreeableness

B  conscientiousness

C  openness to experience

D  neuroticism

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  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 the decline in color vision

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

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

D  because of the expanding area of the visual field

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

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

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

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

A  selection

B  organization

C  optimization

D  compensation

A  functional

B  schematic

C  normative

D  semantic

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

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

C  It is also known as declarative memory.

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

A  source

B  episodic

C  prospective

D  semantic

A  reverse neurogenesis theory

B  mitochondrial theory

C  attachment theory

D  two-factor theory

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

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

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

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

A  implicit

B  prospective

C  episodic

D  semantic

A  Affordable Care Act

B  Patients Act

C  Patient Self-Determination Act

D  Pure Food and Drug Act

A  It was proposed by Paul Baltes and his colleagues.

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

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

D  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.

A  brain cancer.

B  Parkinson disease.

C  Alzheimer disease.

D  dementia other than Alzheimer disease.

A  hospice care

B  home care service

C  emergency care

D  eldercare

A  hippocampus

B  amygdala

C  hypothalamus

D  prefrontal cortex

A  Habitual smoking is common among centenarians.

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

C  Most of the centenarians are obese.

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

A  socioemotional selectivity theory

B  social breakdown theory

C  disengagement theory

D  activity theory

A  divided

B  sustained

C  selective

D  executive

A  situational

B  episodic

C  semantic

D  prospective

A  abuse.

B  apathy.

C  anger.

D  ambivalence.