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Co-residence of older adults and adult children in southern European countries such as Greece, Italy, and Spain is about __________.


A) 5%
B) 25%
C) 45%
D) 85%

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Your grandmother, who is a smoker and has a heart murmur, has hearing aids and does not like them because they seem to amplify all types of sounds rather than just the ones she has a difficult time hearing.What is one of the things she could have done to reduce hearing impairment?


A) Eat fish and green, leafy vegetables.
B) Practice listening very carefully to conversations.
C) Stop smoking.
D) Turn down her mp3 player's volume.

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What statement most accurately describes the diagnosis and prognosis for osteoporosis?


A) Men are at less risk of developing the osteoporosis, but their rates are about 1/4 the rates for women.
B) Osteoporosis can be delayed or even reversed with a combination of a calcium-rich diet and regular a weight-bearing exercise regime.
C) Rates of osteoporosis rise sharply within the year following menopause, but risk of diagnosis decreases significantly from that point forward.
D) Women with the diagnosis are at greater risk of falls and broken bones but are easily able to have hip and or other bone replacement surgery as needed.

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You have noticed that your 84-year-old great-grandmother has a much smaller set of friends than she used to have.You know that the same individuals whom she used to be friends with are still living in the same neighborhood.According to Cartensen, older adults tend to __________.


A) withdraw from friendships that are not rewarding
B) become more reclusive
C) not care about friends any longer
D) become increasingly nervous around other old people

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Which country shows reverence and respect for its older adult population with an annual national holiday called Respect for the Aged Day?


A) the United States
B) Denmark
C) Japan
D) Mexico

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Individuals in late adulthood are more likely to have high status in cultures in which __________.


A) older adults are quite virile
B) extended families are common
C) older adult men have very young wives
D) older adult women head families

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Your 94-year-old great-grandmother is having with bathing, dressing, food preparation and eating, housekeeping, and paying bills.Your family is considering getting some professional nursing care for her.During the interview with the nursing care provider, the nurse asks what your great-grandmother's major concerns are.What would you tell the nurse?


A) activities of daily living
B) self-care activities
C) grooming behavior
D) adult activities

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Your grandfather has Alzheimer's disease and your grandmother is the only person taking care of him.She does not want outside help at this point.As a result, your grandmother is at risk for __________.


A) depression
B) also developing Alzheimer's disease
C) exhaustion
D) memory loss

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Your grandfather is having quite a bit of sleeping.Your grandmother told you that he sometimes stops breathing for 10 seconds or longer several times during the course of a typical night.What is the most common treatment for this ?


A) prescription medications
B) alcohol prior to bedtime
C) sleeping in a chair
D) a continuous positive airway pressure device

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List the three components of successful aging.

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Eating a good diet is even more important in late adulthood than at earlier ages because it __________.


A) prevents cancer
B) decreases the likelihood of cardiovascular disease
C) slows down primary aging
D) provides energy boosts

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There is an early-onset form of Alzheimer's in which the symptoms occur before age 65.This form of Alzheimer's has a very strong genetic basis.What percentage of Alzheimer's patients have early-onset Alzheimer's?


A) 5%
B) 20%
C) 35%
D) 50%

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Developmentalists divide late adulthood into three separate categories because the three groups vary widely in their functioning.Which group is at the highest risk for social isolation?


A) old
B) young-old
C) old-old
D) oldest-old

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Bernice Neugarten's classic study (1972, 1977) in which Americans in late adulthood were interviewed revealed a variety of different paths of self-development.The most common was what she termed the "integrated personality" in which the individual __________.


A) mourns becoming older
B) rejects becoming older
C) is ambivalent about becoming older
D) accepts becoming older

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What is an especially common sleep problem of late adulthood, affecting more than half of persons 65 and older?


A) narcolepsy
B) sleep apnea
C) insomnia
D) snoring

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Explain what selective optimization with compensation is.Give a specific example, perhaps imagining yourself in late adulthood.

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Body weight decline, mainly from eating less due to changes in the hormones that regulate hunger, is considered a sign of __________.


A) primary aging
B) secondary aging
C) tertiary aging
D) vertical aging

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The __________ is a classic psychology experiment in which people are asked to indicate the word blue flashing on a screen but the word itself presents contrary information, such as being shown in red letters.


A) Stroop test
B) Myers-Briggs
C) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
D) Q-sort

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Which statement best describes sleep changes during late adulthood?


A) With age, most people come to prefer an earlier bedtime as well as an earlier wake-up time.
B) With age, most people come to prefer a later bedtime as well as a later wake-up time.
C) With age, most people come to prefer an earlier bedtime and a later wake-up time.
D) With age, most people come to prefer a later bedtime and an earlier wake-up time.

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What is the medical term for high blood pressure?


A) hypertension
B) arteriosclerosis
C) atherosclerosis
D) cardiovascular disease

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