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| greater risk of osteoporosis |
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| decline in height is experienced by more women than men because women have a |
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| of maximum strength is lost by age 60 |
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| when fluid cannot drain properly from the eye or too much fluid is inside the eye, the condition is called: |
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| increases in reaction time during middle adulthood are largely produced by changes in the speed of |
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| of all women experience severe distress during menopause |
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| how long does the female climacteric last? |
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| reduced risk of breast cancer |
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| all of the following are potential health benefits of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women EXCEPT |
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| period when hormone production changes |
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| most common cause of cancer death among women? |
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| a fighting spirit or who had denied that they had the disease |
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| death rate after surgery for cancer varies according to a person's psychological reaction. death rates drop for those who had |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| dealing with situations learned through experience is |
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| scientists are often more productive in their 50s than their 20s. what form of intelligence helps explains why? |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| formal strategies for organizing material in ways that make it more likely to be remembered are called |
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| mnemonic device include s paying attention when you are exposed to new information and purposefully thinking that you want to recall it in the future, and by practicing what you want to recall? |
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| of men and women between 45-59 report having sexual intercourse about once a week or more |
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| men have more of a loss than women |
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| common aspect of hearing in middle adulthood? |
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| following disorders is called the "silent killer" |
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| which drug is NOT used to treat ED |
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| false positives, false negatives, high costs (all of the above) |
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| those who argue against mammograms for women under 50 base objections on |
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| the degree of cognitive ability required for professional success to too high to be measured |
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| according to Salthouse, overall IQ declines in middle age lead to no apparent decline in general cognitive competence for all of the following reasons EXCEPT |
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| common change that middle aged people experience with their sense is |
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| hearing loss involving high frequency sounds is more common in |
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| Mia, middle aged woman, has a loss of near vision. This universal change in eyesight is known as: |
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| for most women, menopause starts around |
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| if a man over 60 complains that he is having problems with urination and needs to urinate frequently at night, what is his likely diagnosis? |
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| in addition to hostility, what other type of negative emotion has been linked to heart disease? |
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| high fat diet, cigarette smoking, lack of excercise |
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| lifestyle factors that increase likelihood of feart disease |
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| component of type A pattern is believed to be the central link to coronary heart disease |
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| second leading cause of death in the US |
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| cross sectional studies are to cohort effects ad longitudinal studies are to: |
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| according to Schaie, all of the following abilities start a gradual decline at about age 25 EXCEPT |
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| short term memory holds information for |
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| encoding specificity phenomenon |
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| mnemonic device exists that enables you to remember information in an environment that is similar to the one in which you initially learned it. what is this called? |
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| loss of near vision in middle adulthood is called: |
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| highly negative experience |
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| most experts regrd menopause as |
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| in middle adulthood, people become particularly susceptible to: |
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| _____________study the relationships among the brain, immune system, and psychological factors |
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| increased compliance with medical advice |
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| stress produces all of the following EXCEPT |
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| is NOT described as an effective strategy for remembering |
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| process by which people concentrate on particular skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas is selective _____. |
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