DEP2004 Final Exam Questions and
Answers
Menopause
✓ ~~~ a woman permanently stops ovulating and menstruating
Drop in estrogen & progesterone
Alzheimer's disease
✓ ~~~ robs person of intelligence, awareness, ability
to control bodily functions, & finally kills them
Hypertension
✓ ~~~ (high blood pressure) risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
Diabetes
✓ ~~~ cells lose ability to use insulin produced
Primary Aging
✓ ~~~ - Gradual, inevitable process of aging
- Occurs throughout years, despite efforts to slow it
Secondary Aging
✓ ~~~ - Results from disease, abuse, and disuse
- Factors within a person's control
, Seattle Longitudinal Study
✓ ~~~ Cognitively, middle-aged people are in their
prime
- Most participants showed no significant
reduction in ability until late 60s
Sandwich Generation
✓ ~~~ A grown up person who's caring for both their elderly parents and their own children
Fluid Intelligence
✓ ~~~ ability to solve novel problems with speed & efficiency tends to decline with age;
ability to solve problems in one's expertise increases
Crystalized Intelligence
✓ ~~~ ability to remember & use information acquired over a lifetime continues to increase
with age
Ageism
✓ ~~~ prejudice or discrimination based on age
Adult children leaving and returning home
✓ ~~~ Failure to launch
- adult children delay leaving home
Answers
Menopause
✓ ~~~ a woman permanently stops ovulating and menstruating
Drop in estrogen & progesterone
Alzheimer's disease
✓ ~~~ robs person of intelligence, awareness, ability
to control bodily functions, & finally kills them
Hypertension
✓ ~~~ (high blood pressure) risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
Diabetes
✓ ~~~ cells lose ability to use insulin produced
Primary Aging
✓ ~~~ - Gradual, inevitable process of aging
- Occurs throughout years, despite efforts to slow it
Secondary Aging
✓ ~~~ - Results from disease, abuse, and disuse
- Factors within a person's control
, Seattle Longitudinal Study
✓ ~~~ Cognitively, middle-aged people are in their
prime
- Most participants showed no significant
reduction in ability until late 60s
Sandwich Generation
✓ ~~~ A grown up person who's caring for both their elderly parents and their own children
Fluid Intelligence
✓ ~~~ ability to solve novel problems with speed & efficiency tends to decline with age;
ability to solve problems in one's expertise increases
Crystalized Intelligence
✓ ~~~ ability to remember & use information acquired over a lifetime continues to increase
with age
Ageism
✓ ~~~ prejudice or discrimination based on age
Adult children leaving and returning home
✓ ~~~ Failure to launch
- adult children delay leaving home
