AP Psych B - Module 54

Which of the following changes does not occur with age?

• Visual sharpness diminishes.

• Distance perception is less acute.

• Adaptation to light-level changes is less rapid.

• The lens of the eye becomes more transparent.

• Senses of smell and hearing diminish.

As telomeres shorten, aging cells may die without being replaced with perfect genetic replicas. This process is slowed by

• smoking.

• obesity.

• stress.

• aging.

• exercise.

According to Erikson, which of the following is a dominant goal of adulthood?

• Competence

• Generativity

• Performance

• Identity

• Connectedness

The aging brain may help nurture positive feelings that are reported by many older adults. Brain scans of older adults show that the ___________, a neural processing center for emotions, responds less actively to negative events (but not to positive events), and it interacts less with the hippocampus, a brain memory-processing center

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

• pineal gland

• thyroid gland

• thalamus

Which of the following is true of menopause?

• Both men and women experience menopause around the age of 50.

• Men experience menopause around 50 years of age, but women experience menopause around 65 years of age.

• Women experience menopause around 50 years of age, but men experience menopause around 65 years of age.

• Women experience menopause around the age of 50, but men don’t experience menopause.

• Men experience menopause around the age of 65, but women don’t experience menopause.

Men experience menopause around the age of 65, but women don’t experience menopause.

• A 25-year-old meets and marries the love of his life.

• A 35-year-old earns a lot of money, though she doesn’t particularly enjoy her job.

• An 85-year-old looks back at a life well-lived and feels satisfied.

• A 40-year-old takes pride in her work and how she has raised her children.

• A 20-year-old decides to become a physician.

The _________ is a culturally determined timetable for certain events, such as having children and retirement.

• critical period

• menopause

• intimacy phase

• attachment stage

• social clock