LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE 2025 UPDATE GRADED A+.

LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE 2025 UPDATE GRADED A+. Which of the following statements best describes the recent and projected demographic changes in the world's elderly population? - CORRECT ANSWER - the number of elderly people is growing rapidly and will continue to grow Over the next 40 years, the population of older adults in the U.S. will become than it is now. - CORRECT ANSWER - larger Which of the following statements is true according to the section on longevity? - CORRECT ANSWER - Average life expectancy -Useful life expectancy -Maximum life expectancy -genetic and environmental -African Americans start out with lower, but outlive by 85 -Men die more than woman The two major groups of biological theories of aging are - CORRECT ANSWER - Programmed theories -Damage or error theories Cellular theories of aging include all of the following ideas except one. Which one? - CORRECT ANSWER - cross linking -free radicals -focuses on processes that occur within individual cells Which of the following changes in the nervous system is a normal part of aging? - CORRECT ANSWER neuritic plaques -neurofibrillary tangles -levels of neurotransmitters declines All of the following are caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain except - CORRECT ANSWER - stoke/cerebral vascular accident -Transient ischemic attacks - Which of the following is the result of normal, age-related structural change in the eye? - CORRECT ANSWER - decrease in amount of light that passes through -eye's lens becomes more yellow -presbyopia -time eyes take to adjust increases The phenomenon of psychomotor slowing with in older adults - CORRECT ANSWER - speed in which a person can make a response decrease -explains why elderly people are often ad drivers -take longer to decide that they need to respond -UFOV Which of the following is not true concerning older drivers (i.e., 65-70 and beyond)? - CORRECT ANSWER - decreased reaction time -decreased UFOV -vision, hearing, reaction time, attention Which of the following statements about memory and aging is not true? - CORRECT ANSWER - older adults perform less well on tests of episodic memory recall -age differences still present for recognition tests -semantic memory usually absent unless dementia -typically absent for implicit memory -difficulty in word finding When attempting to remediate memory problems in older adults using the E-I-E-I-O framework, which type of intervention is most frequently used? - CORRECT ANSWER - explicit-external interventions Research that has examined the relationship between age and creative productivity across a variety of disciplines has found that creative productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - increases through the 30s and 40s, and declines there after Research studies on wisdom have found it to be related to all of the following except - CORRECT ANSWER - crystallized intelligence -general personal conditions -specific expertise conditions -facultative life contexts, such as education or leadership experience -personal growth during adulthood Which of the following is not true concerning presbycusis? - CORRECT ANSWER - reduced sensitivity to high- pitched noises -occurs earlier and more severely than loss of sensitivity to low pitched noises -by late 70s roughly half of older adults have it The section on the implications of sensory changes for everyday life focuses on - CORRECT ANSWER - changes impair everyday lives -some are just minor annoyances, some are more serious -may lead to accidents at home Which of the following statements concerning health issues and older adults is correct? - CORRECT ANSWER - sleep problems -nutrition problems -increased risk of cancer -immigrants have worse health Which of the following is not true concerning depression? - CORRECT ANSWER - dysphoria -more likely to feel helpless and tired -more likely to hide feelings, neglect self, and confine themselves to bed -insomnia, loss of appetite, self-loathing -imbalance of specific neurotransmitters -internal belief systems -SSRIs, HCA, MAO -Behavior therapy/cognitive therapy In the section on treatment of depression in older adults, all of the following were discussed except - CORRECT ANSWER - SSRI -HCA -MAO -behavior therapy -cognitive therapy In the spotlight on research on p. 404-405, persons with dementia were trained - CORRECT ANSWER - to be group leaders in Bingo Which of the following statements is true concerning subjective well-being? - CORRECT ANSWER - evaluation of one’s life that is associated with positive feelings -young-older adults have better subjective well-being compared to earlier in adulthood -amygdala: less action in older people so less negative feelings -changes is cognitive processing In the study described in "The Aging Emotional Brain" the researchers found that - CORRECT ANSWER - cognitive abilities were related to the decrease of amygdala activation in both age groups during the reappraisal section