What was the percentage of people over 65 in the overall US population in 1900? correct answers 4.1%
Currently, what is the proportion of elderly over the age of 65 in the United States? correct answers 14.1%
The rapid losses that occur shortly before death are called correct answers tertiary...
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What was the percentage of people over 65 in the overall US population in 1900? correct
answers 4.1%
Currently, what is the proportion of elderly over the age of 65 in the United States? correct
answers 14.1%
The rapid losses that occur shortly before death are called correct answers tertiary aging
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
Currently, what is the average life expectancy for women in the United States? correct answers
81 years old
In modern American culture, the birth of a child to a 13-year-old girl would be considered
correct answers off time
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
sequential research correct answers research that follows multiple cohorts longitudinally
Functional imaging techniques (fMRI) focus on which aspect of the brain? correct answers
activity
______ is a multifaceted concept that describes the brain's ability to adapt, change, and
regenerate over time? correct answers plasticity
Which neurotransmitter enhances memory functioning? correct answers acetylcholine
Which brain structure is involved in higher-order executive functions, such as the ability to make
and carry out plans, switch between tasks, and maintain attention and focus? correct answers
cortex
Which brain structure is involved with enhancing memory? correct answers hippocampus
what does the parietal lobe do? correct answers manages sensation, handwriting, and body
position
What does the occipital lobe do? correct answers contains brain's visual processing system
What does the temporal lobe do? correct answers involved in memory and hearing
what does the frontal lobe do? correct answers responsible for problem solving and judgment
, does the level of neurotransmitters increase or decrease with age? correct answers decreases
does the quantity of tangles increase or decrease with age? correct answers increase
does the overall size of the brain increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
does the number of neurons increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
Magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) produces what? correct answers highly detailed images of
the anatomical structures of the brain
What part of the neuron is a branched, tree-like structure attached to the cell body of a neuron
that receives information from the terminal button of other neurons? correct answers dendrite
Changes in women's sexuality in later life is primarily due to what factor? correct answers
estrogen
The concepts of the Hayflick limit, cross-linking, and free radicals are part of which class of
biological theories of aging? correct answers cellular
What is the term for a normative age-related loss of the ability to hear high-pitched tones?
correct answers prebycusis
Is increased risk of breast cancer a risk of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? correct answers
yes
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
Does transmissiveness of eyes increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
Does hearing ability increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
Does bone mass increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
Does body weight from the 20s to mid 50s increase or decrease with age? correct answers
increase
Does balance increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
Does testosterone increase or decrease with age? correct answers decrease
Does the number of taste cells increase, decrease, or remain the same with age? correct answers
remain the same
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