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adolescence correct answer: transition period from childhood to adulthood process of soft rather than discrete events difficult to characterize precise onset and offset puberty correct answer: attainment of sexual maturation onset of biological changes onset of adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents when are most brain structures complete? correct answer: around ages 5-6 critical period correct answer: the fi...

To reduce or eliminate disparities across social groups; improve mental health for all correct answer: more research needed to disentangle interactions of biology, development, social/physical environment, and historical time in order to: Chronic conditions and related physical functioning; health behaviors; SES; discrimination, stigma, victimization (based on gender, orientation, identity); social support correct answer: Middle aged and older adults are generally happy and satisfied, but d...

Topic 1: Worklife, Empty Nests, & Retirement in the U.S. correct answer: Readings: Lachman, 2004; NIA, 2013; NIA & WHO, 2013 (optional) Sex/gender differences in physical and cognitive changes in midlife and older age correct answer: skin wrinkles and spots, hair thins and grays, fingernails and toenails thicken, height decreases body fat increases, muscle mass, strength decrease, bone density decreases, vision decline, hearing decline lung capacity declines, sleep problems increase, ...

Adolescence correct answer: -gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood -"soft" events rather than discrete events -difficult to characterize precise onset & offset Puberty correct answer: -attainment of sexual maturation -one of many adolescent transitions -onset of biological changes associated with adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents critical period correct answer: -someone's development in whic...

with age, do finger/toenails thicken or thin? correct answer: they thicken men lose 1 inch of height between what ages? correct answer: 30-50 how many inches do men lose between the ages 30-50? correct answer: 1 women lose 2 inches of height between what ages? correct answer: 25-75 how many inches do women lose between the ages 25-75? correct answer: 2 in middle aged adults, body fat may increase by what percentage? correct answer: 25% with age, do sleep problems increase...

2 key overarching goals of course correct answer: -to become familiar with information on topics from the meaning of sex and gender to the relative impact of bio, behavioral, psych, and sociocultural factors on particular health problems -to facilitate independent critical thinking about such topics, including finding and interpreting data and developing new gender-sensitive health promotion strategies biological essentialism correct answer: -biology is destiny; we are who we are b/c of ou...

Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Physical and Cognitive Changes correct answer: -fingernails and toenails thicken -body fat inc -muscle mass and strength dec -bone density dec -vision and hearing decline -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines -testosterone, estrogen decline -risk increases for HBP, HCL, and CVD, along with many other diseases -cognitive function increases, stabilizes, or declines Gender and Health in Midlife and Older...

Gender roles correct answer: What we do that identifies us as men and women Gender identity correct answer: How we perceive ourselves as female and male Gender typing correct answer: Process by which we acquire our gender identity and our gender roles Gender schema correct answer: Young children are influenced by society's ideas about what it means to be a male or female in their culture How are males and females treated differently from birth? correct answer: - how they are dr...

Cancer correct answer: uncontrolled cell growth—loss of normal cell growth control; inability to undergo apoptosis (cell suicide) Apoptosis correct answer: programmed cell death that may occur in multicellular organisms. Tumor correct answer: abnormal tissue growth Neoplasia correct answer: new abnormal growth How many types of cancer are there correct answer: more than 100 Common carcinomas correct answer: lung, breast (women), colon, bladder, prostate (men) Common sar...

Adolescence correct answer: -GRADUAL period of transition from childhood to adulthood -Process of "soft" events rather than discrete events -Difficult to characterize precise onset and offset Puberty correct answer: -Attainment of sexual maturation -Just one of many adolescent transitions (initial puberty and late puberty) -Onset of the BIOLOGICAL CHANGES associated with adolescence in humans that often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents Cr...