Mod 51

Question 1

What is menopause?

Answer 1

menstrual cycle ends, biological changes as ability to reproduce ends
Symptoms: hot flashes and vaginal atrophy

Question 2

When does physical development stop?

Answer 2

Early 20s for women and mid 20s for men.

Question 3

How does exercise slow aging?

Answer 3

it stimulates brain cell development and neural connections

Question 4

What happens to sensory abilities as you grow older?

Answer 4

1) visual acuity diminishes
2) pupil shrinks
3) lens less transparent 4)smell and hearing diminish

Question 5

As we get older what happens to our health and brain?

Answer 5

The immune system weakens and due to antibodies fewer short term colds happen.
The brain processes things slower

Question 6

What are cross sectional studies?

Answer 6

Studies done with people of many ages

Question 7

What are longitudinal studies?

Answer 7

Studies done to the same people over a long time

Question 8

What is terminal decline?

Answer 8

rapid decrease in significant cognitive abilities in the final years/months of life

Question 9

What is social clock?

Answer 9

culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement

Question 10

Which of the following changes does not occur with age?

a) Visual sharpness diminishes.

b) Distance perception is less acute.

c) Adaptation to light-level changes is less rapid.

d) The lens of the eye becomes more transparent.

e) Senses of smell and hearing diminish.

Answer 10

d) The lens of the eye becomes more transparent.

Question 11

As telomeres shorten, aging cells may die without being replaced with perfect genetic replicas. This process is slowed by

a) smoking.

b) obesity.

c) stress.

d) aging.

e) exercise.

Answer 11

e) exercise.

Question 12

Olivia and Jackson plan to get married next year. This significant life event will allow them to achieve Erikson’s stage of

a) competence.

b) generativity.

c) intimacy.

d) identity.

e) integrity

Answer 12

c) intimacy.

Question 13

Brain scans of older adults show that the , a neural processing center for emotions, responds less actively to negative events (but not to positive events), and it interacts less with the hippocampus, a brain memory-processing center.

a) amygdala

b) hypothalamus

c) pineal gland

d) thyroid gland

e) thalamus

Answer 13

a) amygdala

Question 14

Which of the following is true of menopause?

a) Both men and women experience menopause around the age of 50.

b) Men experience menopause around 50 years of age, but women experience menopause around 65 years of age.

c) Women experience menopause around 50 years of age, but men experience menopause around 65 years of age.

d) Women experience menopause around the age of 50, but men don’t experience menopause.

e) Men experience menopause around the age of 65, but women don’t experience menopause.

Answer 14

d) Women experience menopause around the age of 50, but men don’t experience menopause.

Question 15

Which of the following would be considered an example of Erikson’s concept of integrity?

a) A 25-year-old meets and marries the love of his life.

b) A 35-year-old earns a lot of money, though she doesn’t particularly enjoy her job.

c) An 85-year-old looks back at a life well-lived and feels satisfied.

d) A 40-year-old takes pride in her work and how she is raising her children.

e) A 20-year-old decides to become a physician.