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lsgd final
lifespan final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The gradual physical decline over time is known as ______. | Senescence |
| Due to senescence, the total size of the brain is ______. | reduced or decreased |
| A very small percentage of adults under age 65 experience a sudden, severe drop in cognitive functioning that is sometimes referred to as the ______. | dementia threshold |
| By age 30, the skin is ______ and ______. | thinner; less flexible |
| People lose about ______ inch(es) of height by age 65. | one |
| At 58, Jose has been experiencing difficulty hearing the doorbell ring. He is displaying symptoms of ______. | presbycusis |
| The drop in testosterone levels of older men that results in reduced sexual desire is known as ______. | andropause |
| Male menopause refers to the problems associated with a decrease in ______. | testosterone |
| To increase their sexual desire, some women take ______ supplements. | testosterone |
| Technically, a woman is considered to have reached menopause one year after her ______ cease. | menstrual periods |
| HRT refers to ______. | hormone replacement therapy |
| Hormone replacement therapy ______ the risk of osteoporosis and ______ the incidence of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke. | reduces; increases |
| Any situation, event, experience, or other condition that affects a person is a ______. | stressor |
| In the ______ coping style, people try to solve their problems by attacking them in some way. | problem-focused |
| In the ______ coping style, people try to change their emotions about the stressor. | emotion-focused |
| ______ is the gradual accumulation of stressors over a long period of time that wear down the person's resilience and resistance. | Weathering |
| As the brain ages, the result is an overall ______________. | slowdown |
| Both past ________ and current intellectual challenge correlate with better neurological functioning in late adulthood. | education |
| With age, the part of the brain that shrinks the most is the ______. | prefrontal cortex |
| When older people find that their memory is declining, they structure their environment to ______ for the loss. | compensate |
| In order for information to register in memory, it must cross the ______. | sensory threshold |
| Background noise that affects cognition in the elderly is referred to as ______. | interference |
| The processing component through which current, conscious mental activity occurs is ______ memory. | working |
| When the entirety of the circumstances is typically encoded in a flash, it is called a _____________. | flashbulb memory |
| The name for irreversible, pathological loss of brain functioning caused by organic brain damage or disease is ___________. | dementia |
| A brain affected by Alzheimer disease has ______ outside the brain cells and tangles of protein filaments. | plaques |
| The second stage of Alzheimer disease includes noticeable deficits in concentration and ______ memory. | short-term |
| People become completely mute and fail to respond to any stimulus in the ______ stage of Alzheimer disease. | fifth |
| Vascular dementia (VaD) is caused by a series of ______. | strokes |
| The underlying cause of the obstruction of blood to the brain in vascular dementia is hardening of the ______. | arteries |
| A main symptom of Lewy body dementia is the loss of ______. | inhibition |
| The most common form of frontal lobe dementia is ___________. | Pick disease |
| A chronic, progressive disease characterized by rigidity and tremors is ___________. | Parkinson disease |
| A symptom of ______ in late adulthood is exaggerated attention to small memory losses or refusal to answer any questions that measure cognition. | depression |
| Categorizing or judging people solely on the basis of their chronological age is referred to as ______. | ageism |
| A way of speaking to the aged that uses short and simple sentences, exaggerated emphasis, slower speech, higher pitch, and repetition is called ______. | elderspeak |
| The scientific study of old age is called ______. | gerontology |
| ______ is the medical specialty devoted to aging. | Geriatrics |
| A ______ is a person still alive after his or her 100th birthday. | centenarian |
| In the past, demographers portrayed the United States population in the shape of a demographic ______. | pyramid |
| Because of falling birth rates and increased longevity, the shape of the population chart of age groups is becoming a ______. | rectangle (square,) |
| The term ______ signifies extensive social interaction and activity. | successful aging |
| The universal and irreversible physical changes that occur are features of ______. | primary aging |
| Aging that is caused by diseases is referred to as ______ aging. | secondary |
| The leading cause of death for men and women is ______. | cardiovascular disease |
| When older people are hospitalized for pneumonia, one in ______ die of it. | five |
| Insufficient deep sleep is particularly likely for ______ and for ______. | smokers; older men |
| Elderly drivers have ______ accidents than do younger adults. | fewer |
| Researchers are trying to make more of the years of the life span good ones, a concept called ______ of ______. | compression; morbidity |
| The leading cause of death from injury after age 60 is ______. | falling |
| People over the age of ______ have the lowest rates of violent crime victimization. | 65 (Figure 23.6) |
| By age ______, the average man is almost deaf. | 90 |
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