Question 1

Imagine that your 40-year-old friend, Shulamit, tells you that breast cancer runs in her family.Her grandmother, aunt, and mother have all died from the disease.She goes on to say, "There's nothing I can do about it: it's all in the genes." What would your response be (making use of research evidence)?

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Question 2

What is the number-one cause of death for adults worldwide? Discuss two risk factors.

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Question 3

Discuss two variables that influence the timing of menopause.

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Question 4

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women experiencing severe symptoms during menopause.

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Question 5

The best information on fluid and crystallized intelligence come from what study that began with a sample of more than 5,000 young and middle adults in 1956 and continues to this day?

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The Seattle Longitudinal Study began with a sample of more than 5,000 young and middle adults in 1956 and has been ongoing to this day. This study has provided extensive research on fluid and crystallized intelligence and aging.

Question 6

Although midlife mortality rates have decreased steadily since 1990 in many developed countries, what is the one surprising exception to the favorable pattern?

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Mortality rates for White Americans with a high school education or less have risen sharply, which is a surprising exception to the overall trend of decreasing midlife mortality rates in developed countries. This phenomenon has been dubbed "deaths of despair" and is often attributed to factors such as economic hardship, job insecurity, and substance abuse.

Question 7

__________ is the type of intelligence that involves information-processing abilities such as short-term memory, ability to discern relations between visual stimuli, and speed of synthesizing new information, whereas __________ represents the accumulation of a person's culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions.

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Fluid intelligence refers to the ability to solve new problems, think abstractly, and adapt to new situations. Crystallized intelligence, on the other hand, involves the use of knowledge and experience acquired through education and life experiences.

Question 8

What are two risk factors for osteoporosis?

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Question 9

What do Anne Case and Angus Deaton (2017) refer to when they describe "deaths of despair"?

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Anne Case and Angus Deaton (2017) coined the term "deaths of despair" to describe the increasing mortality rates in the United States due to alcoholism, drug overdoses, and suicide.

Question 10

Discuss the main findings of Vaillant's research on the participants he classified as happy-well and sad-sick.Be sure to specify the research design in your response.

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Question 11

According to Case and Deaton (2017), why is opioid addiction higher among midlife White Americans with low education?

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Question 12

In Cattell's theory, what type of intelligence is a biologically based quality of the neurological system and cannot be trained or taught but can be developed?

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Cattell's theory includes the concept of fluid intelligence, which is considered a biologically-based quality of the neurological system and is not influenced by education or experience, but can be developed through exposure to new information and problem-solving experiences. Verbal and crystallized intelligence are both influenced by education and experience, while performance intelligence refers to specific abilities or skills that can be trained or learned.

Question 13

Your grandmother tells you about how things were in the "Old Country" when she was a child before she moved with her family to the United States.Your grandmother's recollections of cultural information are examples of her __________.

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Crystallized intelligence refers to knowledge and skills that are acquired through experience and education. Your grandmother's recollections of cultural information would be an example of her crystallized intelligence.

Question 14

Which of the following individuals is in a job that requires having high fluid intelligence?

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An Air Force pilot would require high fluid intelligence as they need to be able to think quickly and adapt to changing situations while flying. This job requires problem-solving skills and the ability to make quick decisions.

Question 15

Discuss one health problem that is more likely to occur in middle adulthood than in early points in the life span.Is there anything that can be done to prevent it? Explain.

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Question 16

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?

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Fluid intelligence involves the ability to think abstractly and solve problems using reasoning and information-processing abilities such as short-term memory, identifying patterns, and synthesizing new information. Verbal intelligence and crystallized intelligence, on the other hand, involve language-based knowledge and learned skills, respectively. Performance intelligence is a broader category that includes both fluid intelligence and other nonverbal abilities such as spatial reasoning and perceptual speed.

Question 17

What type of intelligence represents the accumulation of a person's culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions?

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Crystallized intelligence represents the accumulation of a person's culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions. This type of intelligence is typically measured through vocabulary tests, general knowledge tests, and comprehension tests.

Question 18

Across developed countries, __________.

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Midlife mortality rates have generally decreased steadily since 1990 in developed countries, thanks to improvements in healthcare, technology, and awareness of health issues.

Question 19

Who was the theorist who first described fluid and crystallized intelligence?

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Raymond Cattell was the first theorist to describe fluid and crystallized intelligence in the 1970s.

Question 20

According to Anne Case and Angus Deaton (2017), the main cause of rising mortality of midlife White Americans with low education is __________.

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Quiz 11: Middle Adulthood