Psych Review #3 – Flashcards
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According to Sternberg, overall _________ intelligence is a better predictor of accomplishment than are traditional IQ tests.
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Creative
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Consientiousness is highly valued in:
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China
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Familism is strongest among:
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African Americans and European Americans
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Seventy five year old Pawel needs adequate amounts of ________ in his diet to ensure that his memory is working as well as it can.
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Vitamin B
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Gilbert found that personality trumps experience. People who win a million dollars are overjoyed and:
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Revert to their previous level of happiness.
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By age 42, women become _______ aggressive and men become _________ conforming.
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More; More
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Alice, 75, is a gifted artist who feels that only her _______ has changed as a result of being older.
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Sense of urgency
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Ageism or prejudice about late adulthood is common among people:
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Of all ages.
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Retirement offers opportunities to:
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Continue ones education, maintain home and yard, get involved in politics
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Adulthood covers which four decades of life?
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The 25-65 decades
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In research on the sexuality of married couples, the variable that is most strongly correlated with an active and enjoyable sexual relationship in middle and late adulthood is:
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Having had an enjoyable sexual relationship in early adulthood.
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Results of cross sectional, longitudinal and cross sequential research on intelligence has led to the conclusion that:
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Age-related declines are first noted for skills that require speed of response
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The term "male menopause" is sometimes used to:
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The gradual decrease in sexual activity in some males as a result of illnesses and losses
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Which of the following best describes the Big Five personality traits?
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Neuroticism, Extroversion-introversion, openness to experience, agreeableness-antagonism, Conscientiousness-undirectedness
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Research on expertise suggests that for a typical middle aged adult, intelligence increases:
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In the specific area that reflects his or her interest
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Typically, the relationship between middle aged adults and their parents:
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Improves with age
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Because they are called on to help both older and younger generations of the family, the middle aged adults have been called the:
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The sandwich generation
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The fastest growing group in the population of the United States is the:
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Oldest-old.
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In late adulthood, body fat is most likely to collect in the:
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Abdomen
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When older adults were compared to younger adults in their ability to make a phone call every day at an appointed time, which of the following was observed?
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Older adults outperformed the younger ones.
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Aging and disease are related in that the elderly:
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Take longer to recover from disease.
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Which type of cancer is evident in most men at age 80 or older, even when it is not the cause of death?
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Prostate Cancer
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The most critical damage caused by free radicals occurs in:
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DNA molecules
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In the body's immune system, the attack cells, called B-cells, are manufactured in the:
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Bone marrow
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Which of the following statements about the immune system is correct?
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The decline of the immune system may be the cause of aging.
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Which of the following defines "maximum life span"?
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The upper limit to which members of a species can live
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Some people refer to a period of unusual anxiety, reexamination, and transformation during middle adulthood as a(n):
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Midlife crisis
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The Hayflick limit is a natural limit to the:
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Number of times cells can divide
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For people who reach late adulthood in good health, the most important determinant of longevity may be:
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Their activities and attitudes
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The chief reason the elderly have difficult in getting enough nutrients is the:
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The reduced efficiency of the digestive system.
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When Rob graduated from college, he found a good job, a nice apartment, and made new friends. Now three years later, his company went bankrupt and he moved back into his parents' home, We can expect their relationship to:
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Worsen.
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The decline in speed with which the older adult's brain registers new information will be most noticeable when an older adult tries to:
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Find a friend at a busy shopping mall.
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Which of the following are typically true about never married older adults?
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Women are more involved with relatives than men.
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Research on sibling relationships in late adulthood indicates that:
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Conflicts tend to fade and closeness increases.
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Which of the following is characteristic of the relationship between most of the elderly and their children?
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Conversations are confined to demilitarized zones i.e. noncontroversial topics
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For most frail elderly Americans, their primary goal is to:
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Keep on living and living independently.
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Many elderly people who enter a nursing home soon become dependent and passive because:
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The staff rewards docile dependent behavior.
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Throughout most of history, death has been vied as an event:
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That was accepted and familiar.
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One of the first things Kubler Ross learned from her research on people who were close to death was the important of:
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Informing the dying of their condition.
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Researchers who have subsequently investigated Kubler Ross's stages have:
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Rarely found the same stages occurring in sequence.
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Chris is 8 years old and is dying of leukemia. His major concern will probably be:
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About the mechanics of dying.
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Ginger is 16 years old and is dying of an inoperable brain tumor. She is most likely to be concerned with:
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Maintaining a good appearance.
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The medical profession sometimes deprives the elderly of a good death by:
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Trying to prolong life by extraordinary measures.
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The intention of a living will is to:
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How much medical care is to be given during a terminal illness.
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In the Netherlands, doctors cannot be prosecuted for assisted suicide or active euthanasia if:
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Death would end intractable pain and suffering.
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Mrs. Nowak's husband died recently. It is most likely that she will be encouraged to:
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Bear up and keep busy.
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Research studies on alcohol use have shown that:
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Light use of alcohol is linked to an increase in longevity but some research suggests no alcohol is best for the health
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Researchers on obesity agree that in middle age:
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Metabolism slows down by about a third
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The average age of menopause is closest to:
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50 years
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During menopause, vasomotor instability is most likely to cause:
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Hot flashes and cold sweats
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The multidisciplinary scientific study of old age is called:
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Gerontology.
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The decline in fluid intelligence during adulthood:
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Is temporarily disguised by increases in crystallized intelligence.
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The most controversial version of age stratification theory is:
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Disengagement.
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A person in middle adulthood can maintain a high level of crystallized intelligence if he or she:
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Remains involved with stimulating people.
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Palliative care:
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Provides relief from physical pain.
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With regard to the stresses of mourning, the elderly are particularly likely to suffer from:
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Beravement overload.
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The theory that DNA regulates the aging process is called the:
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Genetic Clock Theory
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Elderly people who are hard of hearing:
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Are often excluded from social give and take.
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When graphing population changes in developed nations, a population problem that may arise is:
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A lack of babies.
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Which of the following fits Baltes definition of wisdom?
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Rich factual knowledge concerning human experiences.
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A man who is about to reach 65 years of age is developing a more passive style of interaction and withdrawing from society. Which theory would predict this behavior?
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Disengagement Theory
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Currently in the United States, women make up nearly ______ of the population over 65 years of age.
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Two thirds
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The four protective factors or buffers for the elderly are:
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Attitudes, Social networks, Physical setting, Financial resources
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The term "social convoy" refers to the truism that:
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We travel through life in the company of others e.g. friendships
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Today the single older adult usually is:
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Happy and active
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Alexa, who is 56, finds it increasingly difficult to read the small print in the many contracts she processes. The most likely explanation for this problem is that Alexa, like many middle aged adults:
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Eye-muscle weakness
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Chronic diseases, such as hardening of the arteries, diabetes and emphysema, typically proceed from the earliest stage to the most severe stage over a period of:
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40 to 50 years
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A person's inability to act in "necessary, expected, and personally desired ways" is called:
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Disability
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In the United States, surviving blacks have a lower death rate than surviving whites:
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Oldest ages
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The many changes of menopause are caused by the body's adjustment to lower levels of:
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Estrogen
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Brain shrinkage and cell death are lowest in the:
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Cerebral cortex especially for women.
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An elderly man or woman is concerned about decline of cognitive abilities with age. What would you recommend?
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Read and possibly take some classes ; use the internet and distance learning.
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Dementia is:
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The pathological loss of brain functioning.
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Autopsies show the brains of Alzheimer's victims:
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Have a proliferation of plaques and tangles and similar to those with trisomy 21 (Down's Syndrome)
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Parkinson's disease produces dementia as well as:
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Rigidity in the muscles
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With regard to medication, compared to younger adults, the elderly:
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Have a higher rate of adverse side effects
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The highest suicide rate is found in people:
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Over 60
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In the elderly, the most common precipitating event for suicide is:
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Social loss
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