Adult Development And Aging SFL 334 || All Questio
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Currently, what is the proportion of elderly over the age of 65 in the United States? correct answers 12.4%
In modern American culture, the birth of a child to a 13 year-old girl would be considered correct answers off-time.
Currently, what is the average life expectancy for women in the Unit...
Adult Development and Aging SFL 334 || All Questions Answered Correctly.
Currently, what is the proportion of elderly over the age of 65 in the United States? correct answers 12.4%
In modern American culture, the birth of a child to a 13 year-old girl would be considered correct
answers off-time.
Currently, what is the average life expectancy for women in the United States? correct answers 80 years old
What was the percentage of people over 65 in the overall US population in 1900? correct answers 4.1%
A cross-sectional study is susceptible to what kind of effect that will confound our attempts to examine the aging effect we want to target? correct answers cohort effect
The rapid losses that occur shortly before death are called correct answers tertiary aging.
effects due to changes in sexual functioning over a 20-year period correct answers age effect
effects due to doing a survey of nutrition on fast Sunday correct answers time-in-measurement effect
effects due to unique characteristics of the World War II veterans correct answers cohort effect
developmental changes related to disease correct answers secondary aging
research that follows multiple cohorts longitudinally correct answers sequential research
aging process that is not related to disease correct answers primary aging
research that uses the same methods to examine similar populations at different points of time correct answers trend analysis
personal timetable by which we measure our developmental progress correct answers social clock
What research design is best for controlling for both cohort effects and time-in-measurement effects while you try to assess age effects? correct answers sequential research
What is the term for a normative age-related loss of the ability to hear high-pitched tones? correct answers prebycusis The concepts of the Hayflick limit, cross-linking, and free radicals are part of which class of biological theories of aging? correct answers cellular
As people age, their immune system loses the ability to differentiate native and foreign substances and attacks healthy tissue. What is this called? correct answers autoimmunity
rate of oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange in lungs correct answers decreases with age
transmissiveness of eyes correct answers decreases with age
time required for dark adaptation correct answers increases with age
hearing ability correct answers decreases with age
levels of neurotransmitters correct answers decreases with age
number of taste cells correct answers does not change with age
sperm production correct answers decreases with age
amyloid plaques correct answers increases with age
bone mass correct answers decreases with age
body weight from 20s through mid 50s correct answers increases with age
efficiency of immune system correct answers decreases with age
Which of these symptoms are risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? correct answers increased risk for breast cancer
Changes in women's sexuality in later life is primarily due to what factor? correct answers decrease in estrogen
What happens to the time that it takes for medication to pass through an adult's body as he or she
ages? correct answers It increases with age.
Which disease is the leading cause of death among adults in the United States correct answers cardiovascular disease
What happens to the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in adulthood? correct answers It stays the same despite age.
Dressing, bathing, toileting, eating, and transferring are all examples of what? correct answers ADLs
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