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Chapter 17 Test

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What are findings in the slowdown of neural processing and its relationship to cognitive decline?
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theory: aging is the result of the sequential switching on and off of certain genes, time when resulting age-associated defects become evident
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long-term memory of general factual knowledge, social customs and language
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What are the limitations of life extension research in human beings?
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What 3 types of memory are nearly as efficient in older adults as younger adults?
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What do older people show plasticity in? What can benefit this?
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What can be early signs of Alzheimer's disease?
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What causes aging?
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What are typical changes in sensory and motor functioning and sleep needs?
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What is known about the treatment of Alzheimer's disease?
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What can be an indication of depression in older adults?
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deterioration in cognitive and behavioral functioning due to physiological causes
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hypothesized fund of energy that may enable a deteriorating brain to continue to function normally
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What are neurological changes related to memory?
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curves, plotted on a graph, showing percentages of a population that survive each age level
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Compare the classic aging pattern on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) with those of the Seattle Longitudinal Study with regard to cognitive changes in old age.
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Describe sexual activity in older adults.
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What physical changes occur during old age?
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What are the 2 theories of biological aging?
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Are there ways to improve older people's cognitive performance?
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Cognitive performance, can benefit from training
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No cure, early diagnosis and keep treatment can slow progress, improve quality of life, medicines such as cholinesterase inhibitors, studying immunotherapy
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semantic memory
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Chronic insomnia
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dementia
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Cognitive stimulation
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Benefit of calorie restriction diet, genetic control of biological process very complex, no single gene controls senescence
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WAIS-in nonverbal performance older adults did not perform as well as younger, Seattle-older adults lose perceptual speed 1st
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cognitive reserve
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Disorders and diseases can deteriorate different parts of the brain, Alzheimer's affects working/semantic/episodic memory, normal memory processing and storage in frontal lobes and hippocampus
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Mild cognitive impairment, researchers Developing tools for early diagnosis
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One of the 1st abilities to decline, related to health status, balance, performance of activities of daily living, older adults better at ingrained habits and knowledge
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Skin becomes thinner and wrinkles, less hair, less reserve capacity, brain begins to lose some function, vision trouble, hearing trouble, less strength/endurance/balance, slower reaction time, less sleep
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Sensory memory, semantic memory, procedural memory
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Remain sexually active, intensity of sexual experience is generally lower
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survival curves
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Primary aging-natural bodily deterioration, secondary aging-result of disease, abuse, disuse, under person's control
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Genetic-programming theory, variable-rate theory
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programmed senescence theory (genetic programming theory)
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Vision loss, hearing loss, less strength, endurance, balance, slower reaction time, less sleep, dream less
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unstable, highly reactive atoms or molecules, formed during metabolism, which can cause internal bodily damage
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aging processes that result from disease and bodily abuse and misuse and are often preventable
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What may be a predictor of longevity?
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initial, brief, temporary stage of sensory information
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study of the aged and the process of aging
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age to which a person in a particular cohort is statistically likely to live (given his or her current age and health status), on the basis of average longevity of a population
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short-term storage of information being actively processed
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progressive, irreversible, degenerative neurological disorder, characterized by tremors, stiffness, slowed movement and unstable posture
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length of an individual's life
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branch of medicine concerned with the processes of aging and medical conditions associated with old age

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