Gerontology Mid-Term Take-Home Exam with answers (quick revision)

Gerontology Mid-Term Take-Home Exam with answers (quick revision) ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW IN YOUR OWN WORDS, USING YOUR BOOK AND YOUR NOTES. EACH QUESTION IS WORTH 5 POINTS. EACH STUDENT MUST COMPLETE HER OR HIS TAKE-HOME EXAM INDIVIDUALLY. YOUR RESPONSES SHOULD BE TYPED. 1. Identify and define two of the four key features of the life-span perspective. Plasticity: The brain is moldable and is susceptible to change. Multi Directionality: people are always gaining and loosing throughout their whole life. 2. Provide two reasons why women are more at risk for developing osteoporosis than men are. 1. Women start or with less bone mass than men 2. The depletion of Estrogen during menopause 3. Differentiate between external and internal memory aids and provide an example of each type. External: Environmental factors such as an Alarm clock Internal: Bodily functions such as using a mental image that shares a connection to what you are trying to remember 4. Define the positivity effect, and then identify the age-related changes in neural functioning that the book indicates may be associated with this effect. Positivity effect: The tendency for older people to express more positive reactions to things that happen to them. The neural pathways associated with positive thinking are the Amygdala and Prefrontal cortex.