Midterm 1 Question and Answers Verified
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1. Which of the following is an example of D. Wrinkles
Primary aging?
A. Alzheimer's disease
B. Osteoporosis
C. Arthritis
D. Wrinkles
2. Which of the following would be B. Plasticity
considered "good news" for individuals
as they age?
A. Secondary aging
B. Tertiary aging
, C. Plasticity
D. Cohort influences
3. Which of the following is suggested by D. Receive approval
Cavanaugh as being necessary before from a human
collecting data on humans (e.g., a survey subject's institutional
from older adults) for a research study? review panel
A. Gather contact information for your
sample
B. Plan the statistical analysis you will
use for your study
C. Conduct a pre-study systematic
observation
D. Receive approval from a human
subject's institutional review panel
4. In the research article titled, "Social C. African American
Engagement and All-Cause Mortality: A participants were
Focus on Participants of the Minority less likely to die if
Aging Research Study", the authors they had higher
explored the degree to which social social engagement.
engagement predicted mortality? Which
, of the following correctly describes what
they found?
A. Surprisingly, social engagement was
not related to mortality for the sample
B. This cross sectional study found that
the minority of older adults have social
engagement
C. African American participants were
less likely to die if they had higher social
engagement.
D. There is little association between
social engagement and longevity
5. Which two effects are confounded in A. age and cohort
cross-sectional research?
A. age and cohort
B. age and time-of-measurement
C. cohort and time-of-measurement
D. cohort and practice
6. Among those 65 years old and older, C. 85+
which age group is growing at the fastest