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Aging
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two primary dimensions of stereotypes (Cuddy and Fiske - 2002)
All 5 senses decline with age.
Competence and Warmth
Family Members
Working Memory
2. Name the 3 basic types of Elder Abuse.
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Leisure
50 percent
30%
3. An older individual's house is considered a part of his or her _____________ environment.
Seniors age 85+
Micro
Presbycusis
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
4. 1. Extroversion 2. Neuroticism 3. Conscientiousness 4. Agreeableness 5. Openness to Experience/Intellect
disability
Adult Onset Diabetes
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
Interiority
5. Thickening; loss of elasticity - and calcification (hardening) or arterial walls.
urinary system
Delirium
Arteriosclerosis
Dependency Ratio
6. Memory of a skill or procedure
implicit memory
Interiority
Dependency Ratio
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
7. Ansley's formula for mental health involved the 'As' and the FFIGs.' The acronym 'FFIG' includes
1. Fear 2. Frustration 3. Inferiority 4. Guilt
Florida
Fraud
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
8. Older individuals willingly withdraw from society while at the same time society is withdrawing from the individual. This is a mutually satisfying process. Individual is less concerned with social approval and more ego-centric
Disengagement Theory
Interiority
Multi-Infarct Dementia
Environmental Press
9. A cognitive disorder that is characterized by temporary but acute confusion that can be caused by diseases of the heart and lungs as well as infection or malnutrition.
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
Episodic Memory
Delirium
Seniors age 85+
10. How many muscles are there in the human body?
implicit memory
Interiority
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
According to the National Institute of Mental Health - Older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide.
11. A disorder characterized by the proliferation of certain abnormalities in the cerebral cortex - called plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Approximately 4 million Americans have the disease.
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12. Activities of Daily Living
2 Million
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
explicit memory
Episodic Memory
13. Older adults indicated that their favorite leisure time activity was
Florida
Fraud
All 5 senses decline with age.
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
14. Approximately how many older Americans (reported cases) are abused each year?
2 Million
Dependency Ratio
Alzheimer's Disease
Aricept
15. Progressive - chronic - and usually irreversible group of conditions - like emphysema - in which the lungs have a diminished capacity for inspiration and expiration
Arteriosclerosis
Osteoporosis
Depression
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
16. Consists of the kidneys - urinary bladder - and ducts that combine to carry urine - Removes waste products from the blood pH - ion balance - and water balance.
Interiority
urinary system
Aricept
Multi-Infarct Dementia
17. How many older adults become scam victims in the United States each year?
30%
urinary system
Osteoporosis
Aricept
18. Condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity - causing bones to become brittle and liable to fracture
Osteoporosis
Multi-Infarct Dementia
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
According to the National Institute of Mental Health - Older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide.
19. How many of the human senses decline with age?
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
2 Million
All 5 senses decline with age.
explicit memory
20. Successful aging requires replacement of lost roles with new ones.
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21. A drug that is currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Aricept
Women
Micro
All 5 senses decline with age.
22. A growing introspection - a change in focus from the external environment to the person's interior world.
Interiority
Adult Onset Diabetes
Aricept
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
23. The second most common (15%) type of dementia. Sporadic - progressive loss of intellectual functioning. Caused by repeated temporary obstruction of blood flow in cerebral arteries ('mini-strokes'-TIA)
50 percent
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
Multi-Infarct Dementia
Micro
24. Approximately 2/3 of all elder abuse is caused by
Fraud
Family Members
Disengagement Theory
2 Million
25. What is considered to be the largest of the body's organs?
Skin
Adult Onset Diabetes
2 Million
Approximately 5%
26. Suicide among the elderly is a real concern. Which age group has the highest rate of suicide in the U.S.?
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
disability
Seniors age 85+
Depression
27. The social and physical demands placed on an individual by their environment.
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Alzheimer's Disease
Environmental Press
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
28. Permission to do as one pleases at one's own pace - to participate in an activity of one's own choice - and to abandon the activity.
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
Women
Leisure
29. What percentage of older Americans live in nursing homes?
Approximately 5%
Delirium
Presbycusis
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
30. Most common mental health problem among the elderly.
Approximately 5%
Depression
Macular Degeneration
Florida
31. Too little insulin or cells insensitive to insulin. Increases in late adulthood becaUse of either genetics or inactivity (abdominal fat is indicative). Risk of long-term damage in circulatory system - eyes - kidneys - nerves - and brain. Treatment is
explicit memory
impairment
Adult Onset Diabetes
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
32. Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity that is long term or permanent. This is a societal term.
Activity 'Common Sense' Theory
disability
Leisure
impairment
33. Which age group is most at risk of suicide?
Interiority
Competence and Warmth
According to the National Institute of Mental Health - Older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide.
Disengagement Theory
34. A loss or abnormality of anatomical - physiological - mental - or psychological structure or function. One can have an impairment and not be considered disabled.
Facilitative Arousal
impairment
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
Universal Design
35. Memory associated with the recollection of names - numbers - or directions.
Depression
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Stereotype
explicit memory
36. Degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea which results in blurred vision and can cause blindness
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
Macular Degeneration
Alzheimer's Disease
Aricept
37. Selling an older adult a product or service that s/he does not necessarily need is not considered
Fraud
30%
Dependency Ratio
Delirium
38. Which one of the following components of leisure states - 'what may be a challenge for one person - may not be for another?'
Facilitative Arousal
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Skin
Competence and Warmth
39. Progressive loss of hearing with aging - typically resulting from sensorineural hearing loss.
Presbycusis
Micro
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
1. Fear 2. Frustration 3. Inferiority 4. Guilt
40. Name one drug current approved by the FDA to treat Alzheimer's Disease?
implicit memory
Working Memory
Universal Design
Aricept
41. Who lives longer - men or women?
Leisure
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Interiority
Women
42. Which age group is the fastest growing among older adults?
2 Million
Interiority
85+
Working Memory
43. How many people that live in nursing homes have Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder?
Women
50 percent
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Delirium
44. The design of communications - products and environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible - without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
Universal Design
Florida
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Working Memory
45. Memory associated with time and place.
Universal Design
Episodic Memory
Depression
implicit memory
46. Memory associated with thinking about two or more things at once.
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Working Memory
30%
50 percent
47. Reasons Why people are living longer lives includes
85+
Delirium
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
48. A generalized image of a person or group - which does not acknowledge individual differences.
Women
Dependency Ratio
Approximately 5%
Stereotype
49. Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC)
Women
impairment
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
50. According to your text - in 2005 - more older adults live in _______________ then any other state?
Florida
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
impairment
Episodic Memory