Lifespan Development Chapter 13 – Flashcards
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The _____ responsible for immune functions in adulthood.
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thymus gland and bone marrow are
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Although the rate of syphilis has declined in most parts of the population in response to prevention efforts, one group in whom the rate is actually increasing is
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homosexual men living in highly populated urban areas.
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Which of the following is most significantly related to lower risk of disease, death, and depression?
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adequate social support
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For current smokers, nicotine replacement products
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are found to be effective for some smokers.
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Intimate partner abuse occurs
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in homosexual and lesbian relationships.
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Partner abuse is more likely to occur
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among adults who were abused as children.
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Preventing intimate partner abuse requires
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educational programs that teach problem-solving skills.
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Which of the following statements is true regarding mental health?
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Mental illnesses tend to run in families
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In order to diagnose a personality disorder, the person
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must have been exhibiting symptoms since adolescence.
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Cognitive functioning
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varies widely in rate and pattern among individuals over adulthood
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Speaking generally, we can say that
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intellectual ability remains essentially stable through most of adulthood
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Relativism encompasses
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the idea that some propositions cannot be adequately described as either true or false.
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Acquiring some kind of post-secondary education
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increases the likelihood of positive developmental outcomes.
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Which of the following is true about students with disabilities?
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Students with disabilities find modifications, such as extended time for test taking, to be helpful.
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Once a student reaches the college level, coming from a home with authoritative parenting
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continues to influence academic performance and social adjustment
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Which of the following is associated with college attendance?
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new socialization opportunities
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Kate is enrolled at a local community college part time. She takes care of her daughter by working full time at a local retail shop. She dropped out of high school when her daughter was born five years ago, but earned her GED a year later. Kate is happy that she made the decision to go to college three months ago. Kate is a
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nontraditional post-secondary student.
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A student who is eligible for special education services in public school will
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also be eligible for services at the post-secondary level.
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Overall graduation rates reflect that
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women have higher graduation rates than men.
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African-American students who attend historically black colleges _____ than their African American peers who attend predominantly white schools
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show more improvement across a variety of cognitive measures
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People's underlying "basic" ability is called _____ intelligence, whereas their education and experience, is called _____ intelligence
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fluid; crystallized
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Caitlyn, a college student, has been experiencing hallucinations in which she hears voices whispering to her that she is a queen from a far-off land who has been sent to save the world. Several times she has left work or class in the middle, claiming that she had been summoned by the voices to complete certain tasks she believes will save everyone from certain destruction. Cailtyn is likely suffering from (a)
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schizophrenia
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Primary aging refers to
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the basic, underlying, inevitable aging process.
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One of the recent findings from neurology is that
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some parts of the brain produce new neurons even in the brains of older adults.
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Which of the following statements about the adult brain is true
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Compared to men, women have more gray matter in the area of the brain that controls emotions.
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The typical pattern of age-related changes seen for physical abilities is
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a gradual decline on almost every measure through the years of adulthood.
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Female fertility is at its highest
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in the late teens and early 20s and drops steadily thereafter.
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Declines in optimum immune-system functioning are associated with
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changes in the thymus gland.
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The effect of chronic stress on the immune system is to
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stimulate an initial increase in immune efficiency, followed by a drop.
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When Kevin is confronted by a defeat-at work or in his local sports league--or faced by a life setback, he sees it as a challenge and resolves to try harder to overcome it. Kevin is
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optimist.
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The incidence of syphilis has increased dramatically in recent years because
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the incidence among homosexual males continues to rise at an alarming rate.
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Genital warts
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accounts for more than 80% of all cases of cervical cancer.
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According to the World Health Organization, the rate of intimate partner abuse among women in the United States is
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lower than in most other countries.
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Sexual violence is defined as
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episodes of partner abuse in which one individual uses force to coerce the other into engaging in sexual acts.
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The risk of virtually every kind of emotional disturbance is
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higher in early adulthood than in middle age.
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An irrational fear of an object, a person, a place, or a situation is known as
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a phobia.
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