Camden County College PSY 101 15 PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

Answer:D Page: 525 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 1. Who is featured in the early part of this chapter as one of the greatest moral exemplars of all time? A. Martin Luther King, Jr. B. Nelson Mandela C. Mother Theresa D. ...

Answer:D Page: 525 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 1. Who is featured in the early part of this chapter as one of the greatest moral exemplars of all time? A. Martin Luther King, Jr. B. Nelson Mandela C. Mother Theresa D. Mahatma Gandhi Answer:C Page: 527 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 2. Until recently, the least studied part of the life span has been A. adolescence B. young adulthood C. middle adulthood D. older adulthood Answer:C Page: 527 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 3. In the United States, middle adulthood is A. a troublesome period, marked by significant physical losses B. a time of stress and storm as lifestyles take a severe turn C. the best educated and most affluent cohort to ever reach middle age anywhere D. a poorly studied period of the life span with contradictory information Answer:B Page: 527 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 4. In parts of India and in Japan, maturation and aging are thought of primarily as social processes involving changes in relationships and roles rather than A. a troublesome period, marked by significant physical losses B. in terms of biological changes and chronological years C. a time to reevaluate life decisions D. a period of remarkable psychological change Answer:A Page: 528 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 5. Middle-aged people 40 to 65 years old are likely to be in a secure financial position because A. they are in their peak earning years B. their children help support them C. they are receiving pensions and social security D. their work has “substantive complexity” Answer:C Page: 528 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 6. There is no consensus on specific biological or social events that mark the beginning or the end of middle age. All but which of the following are considered in determining this period? A. the biological aspect, with subjective upper limits due to improved health B. the context of family and whether children are grown or still at home C. a person’s marital status D. arbitrary assignment based on chronological age span from 40 to 65 Answer:C Page: 528 Guidepost: 1 Type: C 7. Stacey is reevaluating her earlier career goals, spending more time with her husband, and taking stock of her life. She is most likely in A. adolescence B. young adulthood C. middle adulthood D. later adulthood Answer:C Page: 530 Guidepost: 1 8. Jim must hold a newspaper at arm’s length to read it. He should be checked for A. nearsightedness B. glaucoma 254 Type: C C. presbyopia D. detached retina Answer:C Page: 530 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 9. Hearing loss in middle age is A. greater for women than men B. usually sudden C. most noticeable in the upper frequencies D. most noticeable in the lower frequencies Answer:C Page: 530 Guidepost: 1 Type: C 10. Tim has recently realized that he has difficulty hearing high-pitched sounds when he listens to his favorite music on the stereo. His condition is referred to as A. presbyopia B. atonia C. presbycusis D. pertussis Answer:D Page: 530 Guidepost: 1 Type: F 11. Loss of taste sensitivity in middle age usually A. is primarily due to the loss of smell B. does not begin until well into the sixties C. results from injury D. results from a decline in the sensitivity of taste buds Answer:B Page: 529 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 12. People who have unhealthly habits in their youth A. are destined to suffer severe health problems in middle age B. can improve their well-being by changing their behavior C. lose muscle tone and energy that cannot be recovered D. find that the body is unable to compensate in middle adulthood Answer:C Page: 529 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 13. According to research, which of the following statements about physical activity in middle age is true? A. People who exert themselves to the limit of their physical capacity are most likely to die of heart attacks. B. Sixty-year-olds are less efficient typists than 20-year-olds. C. People who become active early in life have more stamina and resilience after age 60. D. Reaction time does not decrease in middle age. Answer:C Page: 531 Guidepost: 2 Type: C 14. While pain’s protective functions remain, in middle adulthood A. men feel less pain B. women feel less pain C. both men and women are less able to tolerate pain D. pain levels increase as ability to resist it increases Answer:B Page: 531 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 15. Driving ability in middle adulthood usually A. declines, because of physical losses B. is better than ever before, because of experience C. is no better or worse than at any other time of life D. declines in women but not in men Answer:D Page: 531 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 16. Changes in appearance in middle age are due to all of the following except A. the layer of fat becomes thinner and skin becomes less taut B. less melanin causes hair to becomes gray and thinner C. shrinkage of intervertebral disks D. less vitamin and mineral content in diets 255 Answer:B Page: 532 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 17. The people that would be considered high risk in an assessment of bone loss during middle age would be those whose activities included any of the following except A. smoking B. lifting weights C. alcohol use D. poor dietary habits Answer:A Page: 532 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 18. Menopause A. is cessation of ovulation and menstruation B. precedes the climacteric C. occurs in both men and women D. generally occurs by age 40 Answer:B Page: 532 Guidepost: 2 Type: C 19. A woman’s menstrual periods have been irregular for the last several months. Sometimes there have been only 3 weeks between periods, and sometimes she will experience a 50-day cycle. She also now has less bleeding than when she was younger. According to the text, those changes are due to A. the end of menopause B. a decrease in estrogen levels C. an increase in estrogen levels D. a decrease in vaginal thickness Answer:A Page: 532 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 20. The climacteric is a A. period of 2 to 5 years during which a woman’s body undergoes changes that bring on menopause B. time when a woman’s body speeds up production of hormones C. term for female orgasm D. term for male orgasm Answer:D Page: 533 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 21. Myths of menopause include all of the following except A. tendency toward mental illness B. decline in sexual desire with the decline in estrogen levels C. depression increases D. societal views about this stage increase women’s positive views of the climacteric Answer:B Page: 534; Box 1 Guidepost: 2 Type: F 22. Which of the following statements regarding the experience of menopause in Japanese women is true? A. Doctors in Japan take the symptoms of menopause much more seriously than doctors in the United States. B. Constipation and shoulder stiffness are common symptoms in Japanese women experiencing menopause. C. “Hot flashes” seem to be experienced similarly in Japanese and American women. D. Japanese women experience menopause at younger ages than women in Western Europe and the United States. Answer:D Page: 535; Box 1 Guidepost: 2 Type: C 23. Generalizing from research on the process of menopause in Japanese and American women, what dietary change could American women make that might reduce the severity of menopausal symptoms? A. increased rice consumption for more carbohydrates B. increased tea consumption since it contains tunnic acid C. small increases in alcohol consumption since it reduces stress D. increased tofu consumption because it is made from soybeans Answer: B Page: 535; 24. Cultural attitudes may affect the interpretation of physical changes in middle adulthood and may be linked to