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Arthritis

A) is caused by a steep drop in estrogen.
B) affects more men than women.
C) has no cure.
D) is less common than other chronic illnesses in late adulthood,such as hypertension or osteoporosis.

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Question 82

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About ____ of adults over age 65 report some degree of impairment in taste and smell.

A) one-fourth
B) one-half
C) two-thirds
D) three-fourths

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Which of the following brain structures helps to transfer information into the long-term memory system?

How often does the average older adult and a child visit or talk to each other? At least once a:

In late adulthood,the amount of time spent in Stage 1,the lightest sleep,____,and time in the deepest sleep of Stage 4 and REM sleep ____.

What percentage of older adults aged 75 and older develops macular degeneration?

The risk of cardiovascular disease is higher in adults who are:

What did Baltes define as "expertise in the conduct and meaning of life?"

Sleep apnea is ____.

What percentage of people past age 85 are afflicted with losses in cognitive functioning severe enough to interfere with daily life?

____ is memory for how to perform tasks or activities involving motor skills,such as playing a musical instrument,typing on a keyboard,or sewing a button.

Amyloid plaques are an indicator of Alzheimer's disease,and are best described as ____.

Older adults in developed countries

Which of the following is the most common disease that causes dementia?

Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are two of the main characteristics of what disease?

Your grandfather works on the New York Times crossword puzzle every day.He has been very good at solving the puzzle and nearly always does.His ability to remember the meaning of words has shown no decline as he has aged,and really shows very little decline for most older adults.What type of memory is this?

What concept signifies the actual competence and performance of older adults?

Tawanda is a typical American who is in the stage of late adulthood and has 3 children.Statistically speaking one can assume that she lives:

Erikson proposed that late adulthood is when the central challenge is:

Which of the following best describes changes to attention and memory in late adulthood?