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Development Across the Lifespan Ch. 15
Chapter 15 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
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04/17/2012

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greater risk of osteoporosis
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decline in height is experienced by more women than men because women have a
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%10
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of maximum strength is lost by age 60
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glaucoma
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when fluid cannot drain properly from the eye or too much fluid is inside the eye, the condition is called:
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the nervous system
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increases in reaction time during middle adulthood are largely produced by changes in the speed of
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10%
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of all women experience severe distress during menopause
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6 to 18 months
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how long does the female climacteric last?
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reduced risk of breast cancer
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all of the following are potential health benefits of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women EXCEPT
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period when hormone production changes
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what is perimenopause?
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breast cancer
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most common cause of cancer death among women?
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a fighting spirit or who had denied that they had the disease
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death rate after surgery for cancer varies according to a person's psychological reaction. death rates drop for those who had
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crystallized intelligence
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dealing with situations learned through experience is
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scientists are often more productive in their 50s than their 20s. what form of intelligence helps explains why?
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crystallized intelligence
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mnemonics
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formal strategies for organizing material in ways that make it more likely to be remembered are called
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rehearsal
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mnemonic device include s paying attention when you are exposed to new information and purposefully thinking that you want to recall it in the future, and by practicing what you want to recall?
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50%
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of men and women between 45-59 report having sexual intercourse about once a week or more
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men have more of a loss than women
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common aspect of hearing in middle adulthood?
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hypertension
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following disorders is called the "silent killer"
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Celexa
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which drug is NOT used to treat ED
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false positives, false negatives, high costs (all of the above)
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those who argue against mammograms for women under 50 base objections on
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the degree of cognitive ability required for professional success to too high to be measured
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according to Salthouse, overall IQ declines in middle age lead to no apparent decline in general cognitive competence for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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decline in visual acuity
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common change that middle aged people experience with their sense is
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men than in women
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hearing loss involving high frequency sounds is more common in
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presbyopia
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Mia, middle aged woman, has a loss of near vision. This universal change in eyesight is known as:
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47-48
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for most women, menopause starts around
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enlarged prostate gland
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if a man over 60 complains that he is having problems with urination and needs to urinate frequently at night, what is his likely diagnosis?
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distresse
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in addition to hostility, what other type of negative emotion has been linked to heart disease?
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high fat diet, cigarette smoking, lack of excercise
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lifestyle factors that increase likelihood of feart disease
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hostility
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component of type A pattern is believed to be the central link to coronary heart disease
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cancer
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second leading cause of death in the US
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practice effects
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cross sectional studies are to cohort effects ad longitudinal studies are to:
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numeric ability
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according to Schaie, all of the following abilities start a gradual decline at about age 25 EXCEPT
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15-25 seconds
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short term memory holds information for
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encoding specificity phenomenon
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mnemonic device exists that enables you to remember information in an environment that is similar to the one in which you initially learned it. what is this called?
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presbyopia
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loss of near vision in middle adulthood is called:
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highly negative experience
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most experts regrd menopause as
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chronic disease
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in middle adulthood, people become particularly susceptible to:
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psychoneuroimmunologists
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_____________study the relationships among the brain, immune system, and psychological factors
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increased compliance with medical advice
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stress produces all of the following EXCEPT
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verbalize
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is NOT described as an effective strategy for remembering
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optimization
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process by which people concentrate on particular skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas is selective _____.
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