DEP2004 TEST PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● Alzheimer's disease
Answer: robs person of intelligence, awareness, ability
to control bodily functions, & finally kills them
●● Hypertension
Answer: (high blood pressure) risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney
diseases.
●● Diabetes
Answer: cells lose ability to use insulin produced
●● Primary Aging
Answer: - Gradual, inevitable process of aging
- Occurs throughout years, despite efforts to slow it
●● Secondary Aging
Answer: - Results from disease, abuse, and disuse
- Factors within a person's control
,●● Seattle Longitudinal Study
Answer: Cognitively, middle-aged people are in their
prime
- Most participants showed no significant
reduction in ability until late 60s
●● Sandwich Generation
Answer: A grown up person who's caring for both their elderly parents
and their own children
●● Fluid Intelligence
Answer: ability to solve novel problems with speed & efficiency tends to
decline with age; ability to solve problems in one's expertise increases
●● Crystalized Intelligence
Answer: ability to remember & use information acquired over a lifetime
continues to increase with age
●● Ageism
Answer: prejudice or discrimination based on age
●● Adult children leaving and returning home
Answer: Failure to launch
, - adult children delay leaving home
Adult children returning to parents' home
- Revolving door syndrome, boomerang
kids
●● Functional Age
Answer: How well a person functions physically and socially in
comparison with others the same age
●● Macular Degeneration
Answer: retina loses ability to distinguish details
●● Generativity
Answer: Concern for guiding the next generation & for expanding one's
own development
Teaching and mentorship
Parenting and grandparenting
Productivity or creativity
"Self generation" or self-development
Volunteering
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● Alzheimer's disease
Answer: robs person of intelligence, awareness, ability
to control bodily functions, & finally kills them
●● Hypertension
Answer: (high blood pressure) risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney
diseases.
●● Diabetes
Answer: cells lose ability to use insulin produced
●● Primary Aging
Answer: - Gradual, inevitable process of aging
- Occurs throughout years, despite efforts to slow it
●● Secondary Aging
Answer: - Results from disease, abuse, and disuse
- Factors within a person's control
,●● Seattle Longitudinal Study
Answer: Cognitively, middle-aged people are in their
prime
- Most participants showed no significant
reduction in ability until late 60s
●● Sandwich Generation
Answer: A grown up person who's caring for both their elderly parents
and their own children
●● Fluid Intelligence
Answer: ability to solve novel problems with speed & efficiency tends to
decline with age; ability to solve problems in one's expertise increases
●● Crystalized Intelligence
Answer: ability to remember & use information acquired over a lifetime
continues to increase with age
●● Ageism
Answer: prejudice or discrimination based on age
●● Adult children leaving and returning home
Answer: Failure to launch
, - adult children delay leaving home
Adult children returning to parents' home
- Revolving door syndrome, boomerang
kids
●● Functional Age
Answer: How well a person functions physically and socially in
comparison with others the same age
●● Macular Degeneration
Answer: retina loses ability to distinguish details
●● Generativity
Answer: Concern for guiding the next generation & for expanding one's
own development
Teaching and mentorship
Parenting and grandparenting
Productivity or creativity
"Self generation" or self-development
Volunteering
