test 8 review

which of the following best explains why middle adulthood starts later and lasts longer now than in the early 1900s

• people today have less anxiety in their lives than people in the early 1900s

• people today have fewer children than people in the 1900s

• people today have healthier lifestyles than people in the early 1900s

• people today have higher incomes than people in the early 1900s

which of the following is a consistent finding regarding age identity

• as adults become older, their age identity is younger than their chronological age

• most adults feel that their age identity is much older than their chronological age

• the age identity of adults is directly proportional to their chronological age

• most adults feel that their age identity is five years older than their chronological age

compared with earlier and later periods, middle age is influenced most by___ and biological factors

• neruological

• sociocultural

• humanistic

• psychodynamic

many experts on middle adulthood describe the age period of 55 to 65 as

• late midlife

• late adulthood

• early midlife

• early adulthood

compared with middle age, which of the following best describes late middle age for many individuals

• health problems starts to decline

• life changes decrease; the path is relatively fixed

• losses and gains even out

• losses may begin to outnumber gains

in patricia cohens analysis, which of the following has/have filed the emergences of thinking about middle age

• advances in health and more people living to over ages

• increased pressure to remain in the workforce and delay retirement

• more people entering adolescence earlier than in the past

• the decrease of life expectancy

which of the following is a reason for the decrease in height with age advancements

• brittleness of bones of the limbs

• a stooping posture

• bone loss in the vertebrae

• increase in weight

age-related loss of muscle strength is especially marked in

• the jaw and face

• the upper arms

• the chest and abdomen

• the back and legs

what is the most common change in the sleep patterns of adults during the middle age years

• there is a decrease In the deepest type of sleep

• wakeful periods become less frequent during the night

• sleep-disordered breathing becomes less prevalent

• the total number of hours slept dramatically increases

Sandra is turning 50 this year. At this age, she can expect certain age-related conditions to affect her, such as loss of strength in her legs and back, and difficulty in viewing objects and hearing clearly. of the vision-related issues that affect individuals, which of the following is Sandra most likely to experience because of her age

• difficulty in viewing complicated patterns

• difficulty in viewing close objects

• difficulty in viewing bright objects

• difficulty in viewing moving objects