Compared with younger adults, older adults’ metabolism of medication
a. takes more time.
b. takes less time.
c. takes the same amount of time.
d. requires more medication to achieve the same levels in the blood stream.
Costa and colleagues reported that traits remained highly stable with correlations
ranging from .68 to .85 over a______year period.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 10
d. 12
Surveys indicate that nearly______couples in the United States meet online.
a. one half
b. one in 5
c. one in 10
d. one in 20
Vaillant’s model of successful aging includes three criteria related to social engagement
and productive activity. Which of the following is not one of these criteria?
a. good mental health
b. objective social support
c. self-rated life satisfaction in eight domains
d. length of undisabled life
Autobiographical memory is primarily a form of
a. sensory memory.
b. recognition memory.
c. semantic memory.
d. episodic memory.
__________ , in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle, can slow the physiological aging
process.
a. A good outlook on life
b. Immunizations
c. Good relationships with family
d. A program of regular exercise
Immunizations are an example of
a. primary prevention.
b. secondary prevention.
c. tertiary prevention.
d. quaternary prevention.
What is the relationship between income and health?
a. There is no association between these variables.
b. Lower income is associated with greater access to health care, knowledge of healthy
behaviors, and the ability to engage in them.
c. Higher income is associated with greater access to health care, knowledge of healthy
behaviors, and the ability to engage in them.
d. Those with higher incomes take more medications because they can afford to
purchase them.
When a friend asks you to tell them everything about your weekend, this is an example
of what type of memory task?
a. recall
b. recognition
c. cued recall
d. probed recognition
Older adults reported that turning problems over to God was a three-step process that
included all of the following except
a. differentiating between things that can and cannot be changed.
b. becoming more involved in religious activities.
c. focusing one’s effort on the parts of the problem that can be changed.
d. emotionally disconnecting from the parts of the problem that cannot be changed.
How much of one’s development is influenced by heredity and how much is influenced
by experience is referred to
as the
a. nature-nurture controversy.
b. continuity-discontinuity controversy.
c. stability-change controversy.
d. universal versus context-specific controversy.
Contrary to popular belief, Social Security is not a(n)
a. entitlement plan.
b. pay-as-you-go plan.
c. savings plan.
d. health insurance plan.
Mrs. Granich takes seven medications for a variety of problems. Most of these
medications must be taken every day and at specified times during the day. Trying to
remember all this makes it hard for Mrs. Granich to take her medication correctly. She
could increase her medication compliance by
a. only seeing her favorite doctor.
b. taking all her medications together first thing in the morning.
c. self-medicating.
d. reducing the number of medications she takes.
Most adult children feel a responsibility, a(n)______to care for their parents if
necessary.
a. social need
b. economic obligation
c. filial obligation
d. religious obligation
There is considerable evidence linking spirituality and
a. mental and physical health.
b. greater longevity.
c. fewer feared selves.
d. a highly differentiated self-concept.
Neuroimaging has allowed us to
a. solve the nature-nuture controversy.
b. identify the causes of Alzheimer’s disease.
c. see inside the brain of a living person to examine the structures of the brain.
d. examine one’s genetic structure and predict which individuals will develop chronic
diseases with age.
Physical fitness training improves cognitive performance in older adults regardless of
a. the training method.
b. the intensity of the training.
c. the length of the training.
d. the initial fitness level of the adult.
While Rowe and Kahn’s model of successful aging posits three criteria, Vaillant’s model
proposes __________ criteria.
a. only one
b. four
c. six
d. ten
Which of the following is not a symptom of anxiety?
a. dry mouth
b. dizziness
c. hyperventilation
d. dysphoria
Which of the following is not a primary need of dying people based on the hospice
model?
a. to control pain
b. to retain dignity
c. to be loved
d. to separate the client from their family for treatment and care
Which theorist(s) proposed that the development of intelligence stems from the
emergence of increasingly complex cognitive structures?
a. Piaget
b. Blanchard-Fields
c. Jung and Haier
d. Baltes
Functional imaging techniques focus on the______ of the brain.
a. structure
b. anatomical features
c. activity
d. blood flow
For an increasing number of people “retirement” includes
a. a significant drop in health.
b. a decrease in self-esteem.
c. working part time.
d. all of the above.
Health care costs can soar in the last year of a person’s life. Less than 7% of people
treated in hospitals die each year, but they account for nearly________ of Medicare
expenditures.
a. 0.05%
b. 5%
c. 25%
d. 55%
Claiming that one had performed an activity that one had actually only observed is
more common among
a. younger adults.
b. older adults.
c. children.
d. adolescents.
Brandtstdter proposes that a positive view of self in later life requires
a. accomodations.
b. immunizing mechanisms.
c. assimilative activities.
d. all of these.
Researchers estimate that one in four vulnerable older adults in the United States are at
risk for some type of
a. abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
b. heart disease.
c. psychological disorder.
d. cancer.
Alice is a very frail 85-year-old woman who depends on her daughter entirely for her
care. Her daughter is stressed by caregiving and sometimes lashes out at her mother.
This is an example of which type of abuse?
a. emotional
b. neglect
c. self-neglect
d. this is not a type of abuse
According to Brandtstdter, a person who engages in activities to alleviate declines is
said to be engaging in
a. primary control.
b. accommodations.
c. assimilative activities.
d. emotion-focused coping.
About___________of women in the United States over the age of 16 participate in the
work force.
a. 25%.
b. 58%.
c. 64%.
d. 73%.
Healthy living and good aging are promoted most significantly by exercise and
a. having parents who lived to very old age.
b. a healthy diet.
c. not smoking.
d. an optimistic attitude.
Whether retirement has negative effects on one’s health has much to do with
a. how financially secure one is after retirement.
b. how many leisure activities one participates in.
c. whether one was forced to retire or did so voluntarily.
d. age at retirement. More negative health effects are seen in those who retire at
younger ages.
Bargh and colleagues have found that subliminal messages about older persons made
young adults walk down a hall slower. This is evidence for
a. implicit social beliefs.
b. implicit stereotyping.
c. implicit attributions.
d. explicit stereotyping.
What are some of the aspects of staff training for those who work in special care units?
What is the association between retinal disease and diabetes?
What is the prevalence of anxiety disorders? Why are they common in older people?
The________ to intelligence involves defining intelligence as right or wrong
performance on standardized tests.
Researchers speculate that when stressed, men opt for a fight or flight response,
whereas women opt for a
____________ approach.
In healthy people, the rate of severe depression_________from young adulthood to old
age.
Intelligence and memory abilities are examples of your ________________age.
Guidelines suggest that about 150 minutes of_________weekly, along with some whole
body strength training and balance work, is enough to produce positive health benefits.
What does Logan mean by saying that Erikson’s theory is a cycle that is repeated?
Identify and provide an example of an internal memory aid.
Discuss the terms competence and environmental press.
How are upcoming changes in the age distribution of the population in the United
States expected to affect society?
Much about the immune system is unknown. For example, a great mystery is how the
immune system differentiates between one’s own cells and__________.
What are the main reasons why men and women tend to decline in height over time?
Briefly describe Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development.