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The __________ is a classic psychology experiment in which people are asked to indicate the word blue flashing on a screen but the word itself presents contrary information, such as being shown in red letters.

A) Stroop test
B) Myers-Briggs
C) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
D) Q-sort

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What is the medical term for high blood pressure?

A) hypertension
B) arteriosclerosis
C) atherosclerosis
D) cardiovascular disease

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Which statement best describes sleep changes during late adulthood?

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?

Your grandfather has Alzheimer's disease and your grandmother is the only person taking care of him.She does not want outside help at this point.As a result, your grandmother is at risk for __________.

Bernice Neugarten's classic study (1972, 1977) in which Americans in late adulthood were interviewed revealed a variety of different paths of self-development.The most common was what she termed the "integrated personality" in which the individual __________.

Which country shows reverence and respect for its older adult population with an annual national holiday called Respect for the Aged Day?

Body weight decline, mainly from eating less due to changes in the hormones that regulate hunger, is considered a sign of __________.

What is an especially common sleep problem of late adulthood, affecting more than half of persons 65 and older?

Individuals in late adulthood are more likely to have high status in cultures in which __________.

You have noticed that your 84-year-old great-grandmother has a much smaller set of friends than she used to have.You know that the same individuals whom she used to be friends with are still living in the same neighborhood.According to Cartensen, older adults tend to __________.

Eating a good diet is even more important in late adulthood than at earlier ages because it __________.

Your 94-year-old great-grandmother is having with bathing, dressing, food preparation and eating, housekeeping, and paying bills.Your family is considering getting some professional nursing care for her.During the interview with the nursing care provider, the nurse asks what your great-grandmother's major concerns are.What would you tell the nurse?

Explain what selective optimization with compensation is.Give a specific example, perhaps imagining yourself in late adulthood.

Co-residence of older adults and adult children in southern European countries such as Greece, Italy, and Spain is about __________.

What statement most accurately describes the diagnosis and prognosis for osteoporosis?

There is an early-onset form of Alzheimer's in which the symptoms occur before age 65.This form of Alzheimer's has a very strong genetic basis.What percentage of Alzheimer's patients have early-onset Alzheimer's?

Your grandfather is having quite a bit of sleeping.Your grandmother told you that he sometimes stops breathing for 10 seconds or longer several times during the course of a typical night.What is the most common treatment for this ?

List the three components of successful aging.

Developmentalists divide late adulthood into three separate categories because the three groups vary widely in their functioning.Which group is at the highest risk for social isolation?