Lifespan Development Final Exam
Questions & Answers 100% Accurate!!
Which of the following statements best describes the recent and projected demographic changes in the
world's elderly population? - ANSWERS-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. -
ANSWERSlarger
Which of the following statements is true according to the section on longevity? - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Programmed theories
-Damage or error theories
Cellular theories of aging include all of the following ideas except one. Which one? - ANSWERS-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? - ANSWERS-neuritic
plaques
-neurofibrillary tangles
-levels of neurotransmitters declines
All of the following are caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain except -
ANSWERS-stoke/cerebral vascular accident
-Transient ischemic attacks
-
Which of the following is the result of normal, age-related structural change in the eye? - ANSWERS-
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 - ANSWERS-speed in which a person can
make a response decreases
-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)? - ANSWERS-
decreased reaction time
-decreased UFOV
-vision, hearing, reaction time, attention
Which of the following statements about memory and aging is not true? - ANSWERS-older adults
perform less well on tests of episodic memory recall
-age differences still present for recognition tests
-semantic memory usually absent unless dimentia
Questions & Answers 100% Accurate!!
Which of the following statements best describes the recent and projected demographic changes in the
world's elderly population? - ANSWERS-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. -
ANSWERSlarger
Which of the following statements is true according to the section on longevity? - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Programmed theories
-Damage or error theories
Cellular theories of aging include all of the following ideas except one. Which one? - ANSWERS-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? - ANSWERS-neuritic
plaques
-neurofibrillary tangles
-levels of neurotransmitters declines
All of the following are caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain except -
ANSWERS-stoke/cerebral vascular accident
-Transient ischemic attacks
-
Which of the following is the result of normal, age-related structural change in the eye? - ANSWERS-
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 - ANSWERS-speed in which a person can
make a response decreases
-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)? - ANSWERS-
decreased reaction time
-decreased UFOV
-vision, hearing, reaction time, attention
Which of the following statements about memory and aging is not true? - ANSWERS-older adults
perform less well on tests of episodic memory recall
-age differences still present for recognition tests
-semantic memory usually absent unless dimentia
