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According to which principle of adult development and aging is the older adult population best viewed as a select group?
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It is the survivors who grow old.
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Centenarians are people who are over the age of:
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100
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Which of the following is an example of a normative age-graded influence?
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Getting married in one's twenties.
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Being affected by an illness in later adulthood causes changes that are known as:
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secondary aging.
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Feeling that you have gotten more impatient and anxious as society becomes increasingly technological would be an example of which type of agin
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social
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The principle that it is the survivors who grow old implies that:
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the older population is a select group.
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The "old-old" are people who are over the age of:
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75
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Retiring at the age of 65 is considered what type of influence on life?
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Age-graded normative influence
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As of the latest estimates in 2004, the percentage of people in the United States population 65 years and older is:
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12.4
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The average age that a population lives to be is known as the
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life expectancy
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People born between the years of 1945-1964 are known as
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Baby Boomers
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According to some estimates, there are approximately ______ centenarians currently alive in the U.S.
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64,000
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In 2050, it is estimated that the percentage of the over-65 population made up of minorities will be approximately:
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39
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In the year 2003, the average life expectancy (in years) at birth in the U.S. was about
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77.5
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Of the following, which state has the highest number of people over 65
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California
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Estimates are that the number of people 65 and older in the world today equals approximately:
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483 million
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The country with the highest NUMBER (not percent) of individuals 65 and older is:
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China
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Approximately what percent of the 65 and older population in the U.S. is female?
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58
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As of the latest estimates in 2004, the number of people in the United States population 65 years and older, in millions, is:
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36.3
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The average age that a population lives to be is known as the:
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life expectancy.
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According to some estimates, there are approximately ______ centenarians currently alive in the U.S.
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64,000
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As of 2003, it was estimated that the percentage of the over-65 population made up of minorities was approximately:
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17
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Of the following, which state has the highest number of people over 65
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California.
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Estimates are that the number of people 65 and older in the world today equals approximately:
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483 million
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Approximately what percent of the 65 and older population in the U.S. is male?
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44
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Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt is most typically associated with which age period in life?
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Toddlerhood.
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Showing care and concern for a younger relative is typical of which of Erikson's stages?
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Generativity vs. stagnation
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Inez, currently a 53-year-old sales manager, always felt that she wanted to go into business. She enjoys her job and feels that it completely fits her interests and personality. According to Erikson, Inez's satisfaction with her job suggests that she is high in which psychosocial quality?
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Identity
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Jane and Jan have recently started dating but Jane gets annoyed by Jan's reluctance to make a commitment. What psychosocial stage do Jan and Jane differ on?
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Intimacy vs. isolation.
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In Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of development, the proximal-social level includes:
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Friends, family, and others who are close to the individual.
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Evidence for genetic theories comes from findings that species vary in their:
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life spans.
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Free radicals are thought to be reduced by which intervention that a person can take?
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Reducing daily caloric intake.
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The Gompertz Curve describes what aspect of aging?
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Relationship between death rate and age of organism.
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Which type of material produced within cells is likely to be altered when a mutation occurs in a gene?
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Protein.
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Random error theories propose that aging occurs as the result of:
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unplanned changes over time
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According to the telomere theory, the cause of aging is thought to be:
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loss of vital genetic information during cell division.
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According to the cross-linking theory, which bodily protein alters its structure, becoming rigidified and smaller?
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collagen
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Which type of beverage is thought to reduce the rate of aging because it contains resveratrol?
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red wine
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According to the autoimmune theory, aging occurs because:
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the body loses its ability to recognize the body’s own cells, leading to harmful changes?
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The idea that aging occurs because the body's parts become damaged and lose their ability to function over time is known as the __________ theory:
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wear and tear
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The reason that research designs on aging are quasi-experimental is because:
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age is not a true independent variable.
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In a study on midlife, researchers asked a sample of 3000 adults to complete brief questionnaires regarding their health, work histories, educational background, and family situations. This is an example of what type of method?
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Survey
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As shown in Figure 3.1, the problem of attrition in longitudinal research on aging means that:
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the presence of people who are ill and will die after being tested artificially raises the scores of the survivors when they are retested.
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As shown in Table 3.3 and p. 58 of the text, the cross-sequential method examines which factors?
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cohort and time of measurement.
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Getting regular exercise, as shown in the text, is shown to have what effect on the aging process?
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Preventing or slowing many age changes.
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Of the following age-related changes, which is the easiest to prevent?
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Loss of bladder elasticity.
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With increasing age in adulthood, we experience the process known as sarcopenia. Sarcopenia involves which process?
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Loss of muscle mass.
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According to the discussion in the text, what is the best way you can prevent damage to your joints such as the knees in your later years?
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Wear properly made shoes and sneakers.
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Any deleterious changes in the kidneys with age could have negative effects on which aspect of daily functioning?
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Ability to adapt to exertion or extreme heat.
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The plasticity model of the nervous system proposes that:
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synaptic connections in the brain grow with increasing age and experience in life.
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Neuropsychologists studying MRIs of older adults often find white matter hyperintensities (WMH), which are defined as:
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areas of opacities that most likely indicate neuronal death
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The most prevalent sleep problem for older adults is:
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insomnia
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If a test of cognitive functioning is given to older adults in the afternoon or evening, how might they perform?
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At below their maximum ability.
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When an older adult dies from hyperthermia, it is often because he or she also suffers from
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heart disease
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The change in vision known as presbyopia causes which problem for middle aged and older adults?
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Difficulty focusing on near objects.
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The most frequent and clear-cut source of hearing loss in older adults is:
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exposure to noise
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Age-related macular degeneration involves which set of changes in the retina?
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Destruction of photoreceptors in the central region of the retina.
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Researchers recommend which strategies to help older adults reduce their likelihood of falling?
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Remove hazards to safety in the home
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Cognitive functioning changes can affect sense of smell because these changes make it:
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more difficult to identify and label odors.
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