ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Physical Development in Adulthood. Answer: Most adults reach their
physical peak in their 20's, and are at their healthiest
Concern- heavy binge drinking, can take a toll on health, class absences,
trouble with police and unprotected sex
Decline in strength noticeable in the 30's
◉ Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood. Answer: the most noticeable
visible changes in middle adulthood is change in appearance:
wrinkles, loss of collagen
lose height in middle age
people become acutely aware of health concerns in their 40's (due in part
to the noticeable changes in physical appearance)
U.S. values a youthful appearance
◉ Menopause
, (Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood). Answer: decline in ovaries
production of estrogen-uncomfortable symptoms
◉ Cellular block theory-Leonard Hayflick (1977)
(Biological Theories of Aging). Answer: Cells can divide about 100
times, total number of cell division corresponds to age, places the upper
limit of the lifespan at 120.
◉ Free-Radical Theory
(Biological Theories of Aging). Answer: people age because their inside
their cells unstable oxygen molecules known as free radicals are
produced
they damage the DNA and other structures, lead to a range of disorders
including cancer and arthritis
◉ Brain and Alzheimer Disease. Answer: the aging brain has been found
to have a greater capacity for renewal than previously thought.
in the past- scientists believed that no new brain cells are generated past
early childhood
new study- as late as your 70's, there is new dendritic growth, however
not in your 90's
older adults brains - neighboring neurons help pick up the slack
◉ Lateralization
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Physical Development in Adulthood. Answer: Most adults reach their
physical peak in their 20's, and are at their healthiest
Concern- heavy binge drinking, can take a toll on health, class absences,
trouble with police and unprotected sex
Decline in strength noticeable in the 30's
◉ Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood. Answer: the most noticeable
visible changes in middle adulthood is change in appearance:
wrinkles, loss of collagen
lose height in middle age
people become acutely aware of health concerns in their 40's (due in part
to the noticeable changes in physical appearance)
U.S. values a youthful appearance
◉ Menopause
, (Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood). Answer: decline in ovaries
production of estrogen-uncomfortable symptoms
◉ Cellular block theory-Leonard Hayflick (1977)
(Biological Theories of Aging). Answer: Cells can divide about 100
times, total number of cell division corresponds to age, places the upper
limit of the lifespan at 120.
◉ Free-Radical Theory
(Biological Theories of Aging). Answer: people age because their inside
their cells unstable oxygen molecules known as free radicals are
produced
they damage the DNA and other structures, lead to a range of disorders
including cancer and arthritis
◉ Brain and Alzheimer Disease. Answer: the aging brain has been found
to have a greater capacity for renewal than previously thought.
in the past- scientists believed that no new brain cells are generated past
early childhood
new study- as late as your 70's, there is new dendritic growth, however
not in your 90's
older adults brains - neighboring neurons help pick up the slack
◉ Lateralization
