Human Development - Exam 3

Front 1

At age 40, which of the following groups has the lowest rate of individuals who have never been married?

Back 1

White Americans

Front 2

According to research, marital satisfaction tends to be the highest ____.

Back 2

in the first year

Front 3

A number of studies of persons with outstanding accomplishments have found that their creative achievements rise during young adulthood and peak in the ____ then gradually decline

Back 3

30s and early 40s

Front 4

From studies of young people from their early teens to their late twenties, which of the following is the second most important marker of the transition to adulthood?

Back 4

making independent decisions

Front 5

What aspects of love begin more slowly and take longer to develop, but endure longest?

Back 5

intimacy and commitment

Front 6

Your father has been steadily getting heavier. You would like for him to begin exercising to help reduce his weight. He thinks that he is doing really well in terms of his weight for his age. After visiting the doctor, he still thinks that he is doing well, even though he has a BMI of 34. What would you tell him? His BMI ____.

Back 6

indicates that he is obese and definitely needs to lose weight

Front 7

People who have what color skin generally experience skin aging sooner?

Back 7

white

Front 8

Adults who score in the highest 25% of the IQ distribution ____.

Back 8

often do well in their careers in terms of income, achievement, and awards

Front 9

In what stage of life does sexual activity peak in nearly all cultures?

Back 9

young adulthood

Front 10

Of all evening leisure activities among American adults, which of the following is most popular?

Back 10

watching television

Front 11

Your parents have been married for 30 years, but they really do not do much together any more. You can tell that they like each other, but the romance seems to be gone. According to Sternberg, what type of love do you think they are experiencing at this time?

Back 11

empty love

Front 12

What type of love integrates passion, intimacy, and commitment? This type of love represents the ideal for many people.

Back 12

consummate love

Front 13

As illustrated by the results of the Seattle Longitudinal Study, which of the following would be predicted to decline from young adulthood to middle adulthood?

Back 13

perceptual speed

Front 14

For women who are experiencing severe symptoms during menopause, what is a strategy that can alleviate their distress?

Back 14

hormone replacement therapy

Front 15

In a study conducted by Coleman and colleagues (2008), ____ of American women aged 50–64 reported receiving regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer, compared to ____ of British women.

Back 15

over 80%; about 60%

Front 16

Some midlife adults quit their jobs because they become disillusioned, frustrated, and tired of them. What is this phenomenon?

Back 16

burnout

Front 17

According to Brim (1999), what percentage of women in their fifties who had a partner responded on a national survey that they were sexually active within the past six months?

Back 17

88%

Front 18

What type of intelligence involves information processing abilities such as short-term memory, ability to discern relations between visual stimuli, and speed of synthesizing new information?

Back 18

fluid intelligence

Front 19

In regards to cognitive processing in mid-adulthood, automaticity makes problem-solving fast and efficient, and ____ do not have to sort consciously through every alternative but are very quick to problem-solve.

Back 19

experts

Front 20

For Americans aged 30 to 59 year of age, what percentage are involved in civic engagement?

Back 20

42%

Front 21

During middle adulthood, which of the following is more likely to experience hair thinning and baldness?

Back 21

a male of European descent

Front 22

Which of the following provides support for a genetic influence for the timing of menopause?

Back 22

research studies that found a correlation of the timing of menopause between mothers and daughters and identical twins

Front 23

At what age does menopause usually occur?

Back 23

between 40 and 50 years of age

Front 24

As illustrated by research, not only does attention decline in midlife but one can also predict that ____ will decline.

Back 24

divided attention

Front 25

According to Baltes and his colleagues, the most successful adaptation to declining physical and cognitive abilities in late adulthood involves ____.

Back 25

selective optimization with compensation

Front 26

In a national survey of American adults aged 57 to 85 years, what percent of men reported occasional erectile problems?

Back 26

90%

Front 27

Your grandmother has quite a bit of gray hair. She told you that she first started getting gray hair when she was 52 and it keeps getting grayer each year. What is happening that her hair is getting gray?

Back 27

Most people experience loss of pigment that provides hair color.

Front 28

What is the feeling of knowing information that is in long-term memory, but being unable to retrieve it at the moment?

Back 28

tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Front 29

Due to the social welfare programs instituted in developed countries in the course of the 20thcentury, people over age 65 years are now _____.

Back 29

the most affluent segment of the population

Front 30

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?

Back 30

Stop smoking

Front 31

____ provide meals, housekeeping, transportation, and social activities for their residents, as well as extensive medical care, and most residents are afflicted with dementia or other serious health problems.

Back 31

Nursing homes

Front 32

From age 30 to 70 years, the amount of space between the brain and the skull ____.

Back 32

doubles (increases by 100%)

Front 33

People who hear a ringing or buzzing sound with no external source probably have _____.

Back 33

tinnitus

Front 34

Currently, what percent of men aged 65 years and older continue to work in the United States?

Back 34

19%

Front 35

In the Scandinavian countries of Northern Europe such as Denmark, Netherlands, and Sweden, about ____ of older adults lived with a child.

Back 35

5%

Front 36

The inevitable biological aging that takes place in all members of the human species, as it takes place in all living organisms, is referred to as _________.

Back 36

primary aging

Front 37

The old-age dependency ratio (OADR) is calculated as the number of people who are _____.

Back 37

age 65 years or older, divided by the number of people age 20 to 64, times 100

Front 38

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposes that some people travel through five stages of coping when diagnosed with a terminal illness. Which of the following best illustrates the stage of denial?

Back 38

"No, it can't be true. There must be some mistake. Perhaps my test results got mixed up with someone else's."

Front 39

How many times more likely are widowers to remarry compared to widows?

Back 39

7

Front 40

According to Kübler-Ross, in what stage would a person who is facing imminent death plead "just let me live and I promise I'll dedicate my life to healing others" or "just give me one more year so that I can see my child get married"?

Back 40

bargaining

Front 41

Your grandmother did not want medical personnel to attempt to prolong her life if her heart stopped or she stopped breathing. What type of agreement did she have to communicate these wishes?

Back 41

a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) provision

Front 42

Which of the following religions believes in the importance of faith versus works as far as what determines what happens in the afterlife?

Back 42

Christianity

Front 43

Which of the following correlates with the intensity of grieving?

Back 43

the closeness or degree of attachment to the deceased

Front 44

When do individuals' beliefs about death become more abstract and complex such that they begin using terms such as "eternal light" and "nothingness"?

Back 44

adolescence

Front 45

You and your neighbor have had several discussions regarding religion and politics. Like you, he was born and raised in the United States. He is very religious and strongly believes that there is life after death. Based on these beliefs, which of the following is most likely his ethnicity?

Back 45

Latinos

Front 46

What is one of the major cultural reasons that there are differences in rates of death from heart disease among ethnic groups in the United States

Back 46

diet

Front 47

What occurs for most individuals during late adulthood when one thinks about the life he or she has lived and comes to an acceptance of it, both the lows and the highs?

Back 47

life review

Front 48

Your 82-year-old grandparents talk a fair amount about death and very frequently joke about it. Why?

Back 48

They are using humor as a coping strategy.

Front 49

Where does hospice care commonly occur?

Back 49

at home

Front 50

For developed countries, which of the following account for 40% of where deaths occur?

Back 50

nursing homes and homes