Quiz 9

A  spend most of her time with familiar friends.

B  become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death.

C  continue to actively make new friends.

D  emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.

A  the convoy model

B  the cohort model

C  the longitudinal model

D  the network model

A  growth of dendrites decreased.

B  number of axons increased.

C  number of neurons increased.

D  growth of dendrites increased.

A  lower cholesterol levels and improved lung function

B  better osmoregulation and lower trans fat

C  postmenopausal hormone levels and increased body water

D  estrogen production and the additional X chromosome

A  in middle childhood

B  in early adulthood

C  in adolescence

D  in late adulthood

A  neuroticism

B  agreeableness

C  conscientiousness

D  openness to experience

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  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 decline in color vision

B  because of the expanding area of the visual field

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

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  compensation

B  organization

C  selection

D  optimization

A  functional

B  semantic

C  schematic

D  normative

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 is also known as declarative memory.

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

A  source

B  semantic

C  prospective

D  episodic

A  attachment theory

B  two-factor theory

C  reverse neurogenesis theory

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

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

A  episodic

B  semantic

C  prospective

D  implicit

A  Patients Act

B  Patient Self-Determination Act

C  Pure Food and Drug Act

D  Affordable Care Act

A  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.

B  It was proposed by Paul Baltes and his colleagues.

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  Parkinson disease.

B  brain cancer.

C  Alzheimer disease.

D  dementia other than Alzheimer disease.

A  eldercare

B  hospice care

C  home care service

D  emergency care

A  hippocampus

B  prefrontal cortex

C  amygdala

D  hypothalamus

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

B  Most of the centenarians are obese.

C  Habitual smoking is common among centenarians.

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

A  social breakdown theory

B  activity theory

C  disengagement theory

D  socioemotional selectivity theory

A  executive

B  divided

C  selective

D  sustained

A  situational

B  semantic

C  episodic

D  prospective

A  apathy.

B  ambivalence.

C  anger.

D  abuse.