FAD3220 EXAM 3 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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FAD 3220
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FAD 3220
After 55 begin a "settling" process. What is this? the bones attached to the spinal column become less dense
Osteoporosis condition where the bones become brittle, fragile & thin; often brought by a lack of calcium in the diet
Visual acuity ability to discern fine spatial detail in both close & d...
FAD3220 EXAM 3 REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
After 55 begin a "settling" process. What is this? ✅the bones attached to the spinal
column become less dense
Osteoporosis ✅condition where the bones become brittle, fragile & thin; often brought
by a lack of calcium in the diet
Visual acuity ✅ability to discern fine spatial detail in both close & distant objects
At what age does visual acuity start to decline? ✅40
Why does visual acuity decrease? ✅shape of eye lens changes & elasticity
deteriorates; lens become less transparent
Presbyopia ✅nearly universal change in eyesight during middle adulthood that results
in some loss of near vision
Glaucoma ✅condition in which pressure in the fluid of the eye increases, either b/c
fluid cannot properly drain or b/c too much fluid is produced
Presbycusis ✅loss of ability to hear sounds of high frequency
Reaction time slightly _____________ in middle adulthood ✅increases
Female climacteric ✅period that marks the transition from being able to bare children
to not being able to (around 45)
Menopause ✅the cessation of menstruation
When is menopause complete? ✅when a woman goes a full year w/out her period
Hot flashes ✅women experience a surge of heat above the waist
Perimenopause ✅period before menopause when hormone production begins to
change
Hormone therapy ✅estrogen & progesterone are administered to alleviate the worst
symptoms for menopausal women
,What are symptoms of menopause? ✅hot flashes, dizziness, headaches, heart
palpitation, aching joints
Male climacteric ✅period of physical changes in the reproduction system that occurs
late in midlife, typically in a mans 50s
What gland is usually enlarged in middle adulthood in men? ✅prostate gland
Difficulty in urination in men is an affect of what? ✅enlarged prostate gland
Erectile dysfuntion ✅men are unable to achieve/maintain an erection
Type A personality characteristics ✅competitiveness, impatience, & tendency towards
frustration & hostility
**more likely to develop coronary heart disease
Type B characteristics ✅non-competitiveness, patience & lack of aggression
Type D characteristics ✅insecurity, anxiety & negative outlook on ppl
Radiation therapy ✅radiation targets tumor in attempt to destroy it
Chemotherapy ✅ingest controlled doses of toxic substances meant to poison the
tumor
Fluid intelligence ✅reflects ability to solve & reason about novel problems independent
of past specific knowledge
Crystallized intelligence ✅information, skills & strategies that ppl have accumulated
thru experience
Which intelligence declines with age? ✅fluid
Which intelligence holds steady & can improve with age? ✅crystallized
Selective optimization ✅process ppl use in concentrating on particular skill areas to
compensate for losses in other areas
Ex) runner giving up other things to train
Expertise ✅the skill/knowledge acquired in a particular area
Sensory memory ✅initial, momentary storage of memory;
, No decline w age
Short-term memory (working memory) ✅holds info for 15-20 seconds;
No decline w age
Long-term memory ✅stored on relatively permanent basis;
Some decline w age
Schemas ✅organized bodies of information stored in memory
Schemas in middle adulthood ✅help ppl represent the way world is organized, aid in
categorization & interpretation of new info, convey cultural info
Mnemonics ✅formal strategies for organizing material in ways that make it more likely
to be remembered
Encoding specificity phenomenon ✅remember info in the environment thats similar to
where you initially learned in
Normative-crisis models ✅see personality development as universal stages of
sequential, age-related crisis
Life events models ✅suggest that particular events, rather than age, determine how
personality develops
Erikson's generativity-versus-stagnation ✅stage during middle adulthood in which ppl
consider their contributions to family/society
Gould suggests what? ✅adults pass thru several stages associated w/ specific age
periods; ppl in late 30s-40s begin to feel a sense of urgency ab attaining lifes goals as
they realize life is finite
Levison's "seasons of life" theory ✅early 40s is a period of transition & crisis
Midlife crisis ✅stage of uncertainty & indecision brought about by the realization that
life is finite
What theorists claim there are substantial changes to personality over time? ✅erikson
& levinson
What theorists claim there is stability in traits across development? ✅costa & mccrae
What traits remain stable and consistent thru adulthood ✅neuroticism, extraversion,
openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness
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