Deck 20: Seciton 4: Adulthood: Biosocial Development

Question 1

Geographic trends are apparent in contraceptive use.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Of the sensory systems, only hearing and vision decline in middle adulthood.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The depletion in organ reserve during adulthood is apparent on a daily basis.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Changes in appearance during adulthood have significant health consequences.

Question 5

Body shape rarely changes between the ages of 25 and 65.

Question 6

Beginning in middle adulthood, hypertension can greatly harm brain functioning.

Question 7

Collagen decreases by about 1 percent per year starting at age 20.

Question 8

Most adults feel strong, capable, healthy, and "in their prime."

Question 9

No contraception is available in some poor nations even though unwanted or poorly spaced births are a major cause of mortality.

Question 10

For most adults, brain changes that occur before late adulthood correlate with diminished intellectual power.

Question 11

Diet has an effect on how quickly skin wrinkles; fat slows down wrinkling.

Question 12

Sexual arousal and orgasm both take longer and occur more slowly with age.

Question 13

The first visible signs of aging are in brain functioning.

Question 14

An adult's hearing is usually less acute than a 10-year-old child's.

Question 15

During middle adulthood, a person typically loses muscle strength and also loses nearly an inch in height.

Question 16

Significant brain losses prior to age 65 are unusual.

Question 17

Improved sexuality with age may be a cohort change, not a physiological one.

Question 18

In the United States, the birth rate among women age 40 and older is decreasing.

Question 19

As people age, their eyes adjust to darkness more quickly.

Question 20

Infertility is often defined as being unable to conceive after trying for at least one year.

Question 21

Most cancer deaths are attributable to lifestyle behaviors such as smoking and diet.

Question 22

The consequences of obesity are psychological as well as physical.

Question 23

More men are morbidly obese than women in the United States.

Question 24

The last step in the process of breaking a habit is planning.

Question 25

Studies show that over 60 percent of adults in the United States and England get at least 30 minutes per day of exercise.

Question 26

Binge drinking is implicated in liver, but not other, cancers.

Question 27

The drop in testosterone levels of older men is known as andropause.

Question 28

Hormones have been used to treat symptoms of menopause in women.

Question 29

The typical U.S. family consumes more meat and fat and less fiber than people in other parts of the world.

Question 30

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can be a cause of infertility among women.

Question 31

Vitality is a reflection of the objective measures of health such as mortality and happiness.

Question 32

Of the illegal drugs, marijuana use is the fastest to decline in use during adulthood.

Question 33

Worldwide, as mortality decreases, morbidity increases.

Question 34

Children born via IVF, regardless of birthweight, tend to develop slower than other children in terms of health, intelligence, and school achievement.

Question 35

Metabolism decreases by about one-third between ages 20 and 60.

Question 36

The World Health Organization calls tobacco "the single largest preventable cause of death and chronic disease in the world today."

Question 37

Mortality statistics are compiled from death certificates.

Question 38

Men experience the same sudden downward shift in reproductive ability as women.