HESC 1403: EXAM 3
50 Cards in this Set
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Why is the US experiencing population aging?
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Decreased Fertility
Increased Life Expectancy and Better Medical Technology
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Free Radicals are harmful to our bodies and are produced by what?
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Digesting Food
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True or False? Most developed countries in the world are are experiencing population aging
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True
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According to Erikson, it is important for people to establish _____ before engaging in a long-term romantic relationship
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Identity
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According to schaie, the cognitive stage of development in late adulthood that focuses on personal meaning in life is which of the following terms?
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Regintergrative Stage
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The personality characteristic--hostility-- is related to which of the following?
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The cardiovascular impact of stress; How people experience the stress response; how people make appraisals of stressors
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The term secondary aging refers to which of the following?
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Diseases that are associated with aging, but are not necessarily inevitable
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Stressors that are ____ can sometimes improve human performance in the short term, but ____ can negatively impact health
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Acute; Chronic
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Which of the following is accurately characterized as an effect of senescence?
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Hair graying
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___ social support refers to tangible assistance that someone receives that helps them cope with stress, such as money, assistance with tasks. Social support that is ___ is emotional support and assistance that helps someone cope with stress.
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Instrumental; Expressive
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One of the important trends observed by schaie, is that older adults experience ___ in fluid intelligence and ____ in crystallized intelligence
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declines; plateus
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Which of the following is part of the stress response?
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Reduced digestive activity; increased blood pressure; more rapid breathing
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Fluid intelligence refers to which of the following?
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Information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory often used to solve problems
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According to demographers the population of the US will ____ in the next 30 years
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Become much older
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Sternberg's component of intelligence that is used to solve real-world problems and is commonly referred to as "street smarts" is what?
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Contextual
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True or False? People begin to notice large reduced reaction times in early midlife
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False
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Cardiovascular problems may also lead to what?
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Cognitive Decline
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True or False? As people get older they commonly experience an increase in their ability to taste and smell
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False
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The "hayflick limit" is
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The max number of times a cell can divide before telomeres reach a critical limit and the cell can no longer divide
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Beta- amyloid plaque build ups are associated with which of the following diseases?
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Alzheimers Disease
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What is the term for small proteins on the end of chromosomes?
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Telomeres
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True or False? Although hardly noticeable, senescence begins in early adulthood
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True
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Hearing loss may be associated with what?
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Feelings of paranoia
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About what percentage of people over 85 years old have Alzheimer's disease?
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Nearly half
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Which of the following is accurately characterized as secondary aging?
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Hypertension(high blood pressure)
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What are the 3 sternberg's theory of love?
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Passion, commitment and intimacy
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What are the best ways to prevent osteoporosis?
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Exercise and calcium intake
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The labeling theory of love suggests that what two events must occur for people to fall in love?
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Intense physiological reaction and situation cues indicating love
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one result of stress is that _____ increase
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Levels of Cortisol
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True or False? Cultures in which people have a high expectation to be in love have higher divorce rates than those cultures that emphasize arranged marriages
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True
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In Schaie's studies of cognitive development in late life, he observed which of the following by 67 years old?
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Most (but not all) experience small, but significant, cognitive decline
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Married persons in collectivistic cultures are more likely to get a divorce
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False
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According to schaie, the executive stage of middle adulthood is described as what?
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Broad concerns about important institutions and policies
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Presbyopia refers to what?
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Decline in near vision
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What happens to brain placticity in late life?
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There are declines in brain plasticity, but it never goes away
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True or False? the "use it or loose it" principle of brain plasticity that we studied in infancy continues to be important for late life adults?
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True
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According to sternberg, consumate love is love with what 3 componants?
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Passion, Intimacy and commitment
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Some people suggest that oxidative stress may be alleviated by...
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Caloric Restriction
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The personality characteristic "hardiness" was described in class as
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Associated with lower rates of stress related illnesses
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Bone thinning associated with reduced levels of estrogen is which of the following?
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Osteoperosis
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It was discussed in class that one reason for higher divorce rates in the US is because people have increasingly higher expectations for experiencing passionate love for their romantic partners.
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True
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The term the "oldest-old" refers to people who are what age?
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85 and older
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What is a category of by-product that is produced in the body and has been related to aging?
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Oxygen free radicals
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The labeling theory of love is important because it helps us to understand...
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how people define love for themselves
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Allison is having a great deal of difficulty in her stats class. she goes to her teacher to discuss ways in which she can improve her skills, or even drop the class if necessary. Allison is demonstrating...
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Problem-focused coping
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Which of sternbergs components of intelligence is most similar to the traditional IQ test?
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Componential
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A primary appraisal is an assessment that people make of what?
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A stressor in their lives
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The term senescence refers to what?
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Inevitable, biological aging
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The term homogamy refers to what?
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the tendency to marry someone who is like you in terms of education, religion and most other demographic characteristics
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True or False? As they get older, pilots improve in making cockpit decisions, but not in making general life decisions
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True
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HESC 1403: FINAL