HDF 201 Final Exam - Questions and Answers

HDF 201 Final Exam - Questions and Answers The traditional age for entering into late adulthood is... 65 Social class, cohesion of the childhood family, ancestral longevity, and childhood temperament are all considered predictors of physical and mental health and longevity that are... secondary predictors Factors that are considered controllable predictors of longevity are all of the following except... genetic traits An important difference between primary and secondary aging is that primary aging is... Unavoidable Which kind of aging is most strongly influenced by diet and exercise? secondary aging According to gerontologists individuals who are counted among the "oldest old" are at least _______ years old. 85 Luis is 73 years old. He still runs 15 miles a week and spends 30 hours a week working as a computer software consultant. Your text would describe Luis as being... young old Health and longevity are closely linked to... education and socioeconomic status Your psychology professor states that a woman born today in Nepal can be expected to live to be only about 53 years old. Your professor is describing _______ of Nepalese women. life expectancy A baby born in the US in the year 2005 could be expected to live about _______ years longer than a baby born in the year 1900. 30 One reason that the US ranks 33rd among industrialized countries in healthy life expectancy rates is due to... fairly high levels of violence Senescence is... the period of life marked by declines in body functioning related to aging Which of the following terms is used for the theory that bodies age in accordance with a normal developmental pattern built into every organism? genetic programming When specific genes "switch off" before age-related losses, it is referred to as... programmed senescence Damage associated with free radicals, highly unstable oxygen atoms formed during metabolism, has been mentioned as a factor in all of the following except... genetic disorders The finding that human cells can divide about 50 times before they stop dividing and die is called the... Hayflick limit Generalizing from the text, what might be the single most important thing people can do to increase their life span? eat less All of the following are normal physical changes associated with aging except... higher blood pressure Generalizing from the text, which body system is likely to give an elderly person the least trouble? digestive system The ability of body organs and systems to put forth extra effort in times of stress is called... reserve capacity In old age, reserve capacity tends to... decline, and the effects are most noticeable when old people are faced with stressful demands Research has shown that the brain shrinks somewhat in old age. What part of the brain is thought to undergo the most shrinkage? frontal cortex ____ of those adults over 85 years of age have trouble seeing. 30% In older adults, the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment, a gradual loss of ability to distinguish fine details, is... age-related macular degeneration According to the text, losses in strength that occur in the elderly... may be reduced by weight training All of the following factors contribute to making older adults susceptible to falls except... Carelessness The major barrier to an active sex life in many older women is... lack of a partner Which of the following statements about medical conditions in old age is true? Most older people have at least one chronic condition What percentage of older adults have physical disabilities that cause them to have difficulty carrying out the essential activities of daily activity? 24% Their family physician has told both Michael and his brother Christian, both in their late 70s, that physical exercise... can minimize physical, cognitive, and psychological declines Which of the following is a symptom of depression among the elderly, as mentioned in your textbook? feeling little control over one's life The general term for physiologically cause intellectual decline in old age is... Dementia The second most common disorder in older adults, involving progressive neurological degeneration and characterized by tremors, stiffness, and unstable posture, is... Parkinson's disease The brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease shows excessive amounts of... neurofibrillary tangles All of the following are symptoms of Alzheimer's disease except... Stinginess Which of the following statements about treatment of Alzheimer's disease is true? There are now five approved medications that can slow the disease Although there is a common belief that older adults tend to be depressed, research suggests that... older adults grow more content and satisfied