Lifespan Growth and Development Ch 14 – Flashcards
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Teresa has just been diagnosed as exhibiting Alzheimer's disease. If the diagnosis is correct, Teresa's symptoms
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will only get worse as time goes on
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Mickey is currently experiencing "the third age." He could best be described as one of the
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young-old
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While being treated for depression, 70-year-old Ian is encouraged to avoid situations that lead to negative consequences and to reward himself when something good happens to him. Ian appears to be being treated by a ____ therapist.
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behavioral
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Concerning memory, implicit is to explicit as
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unconscious is to intentional.
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Which American is just about to reach the current average life expectancy for their sex?
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Faith, a female who just turned 80
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Which does not belong?
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Dysphoria
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As the over-80 population increases dramatically in the next 40 years, which will probably be most affected in the United States?
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Social service systems
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While doing an autopsy of a brain, Dr. Howard shakes her head in disgust, saying, "This is just awful." When an assistant asks her what she sees, she says, "Two words ... deformed axons." What was the source of Dr. Howard's disgust?
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Neurofibrillary tangles
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Dementia as defined as a serious impairment of
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cognitive and behavioral functioning.
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Which type of therapy for depression would be most interested in altering internal belief systems?
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Cognitive therapy
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After Winston has been diagnosed with Parkinson's, his doctor would be most likely to suggest that he begin a treatment involving
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implanting a neurostimulator to act as a brain pacemaker.
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Maura suspects that she has some memory deficit. What kind of assessment should she undergo?
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Neuropsychological
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What is not used as a diagnostic test for vascular dementia?
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Measurement of neurotransmitter levels
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After learning the E-I-E-I-O framework, Hugh uses rehearsal to recall his new student ID number. This would be an example of an ______ memory aid.
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explicit-internal
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Prior to entering a restaurant, Amy starts to shake, hyperventilate, and feel light-headed. She is too terrified to enter the restaurant. She turns around immediately and catches the first taxi back home. This behavior is most consistent with
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an anxiety disorder.
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The most normative hearing-related change in adulthood involves the inability to hear
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high-pitched tones.
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Which statement about depression is true?
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Physical symptoms may include loss of appetite and insomnia
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Presbycusis is the most common age-related
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type of hearing problem.
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What does not typically happen to the cardiovascular system as we age?
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The heart begins to pump more blood per minute
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Jackie is playing a game in which she has to answer questions regarding the meaning of 10 random words. This sort of game would be most challenging to Jackie's
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semantic memory.
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When visiting your eye specialist, you are informed that you have large opaque spots on the lens of your left eye. As a knowledgeable student, you would know that this means that you have
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a cataract.
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As Dr. Hallen is interested in ____, she does research in which she always measures the reaction times of her subjects.
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psychomotor speed
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The third age is to the fourth age as
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positive life experience is to negative life experience.
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____ are chemicals produced during normal cell metabolism that may cause cellular damage that impairs functioning.
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Free radicals
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In order to depict the number of people of different ages in the population, Dr. Gillen would be best served using a graphing technique called a(n)
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population pyramid
