Ch 12 and 13: Late adulthood + Death/afterlife beliefs

Question 1

How much does height decline for men and women after age 60?

Answer 1

1.5 inches for men, 2 inches for women

Question 2

What is the most common visual impairment in late adulthood?

Answer 2

cataracts

Question 3

Beyond infant and child mortality, which of the following makes up the vast difference in life expectancy between developed and developing countries?

Answer 3

Access to health care in late adulthood

Question 4

Older adults maximize their emotional well-being by becoming increasingly selective in their ______.

Answer 4

social contacts

Question 5

Retirement satisfaction tends to be especially high for ______.

Answer 5

well-educated people who had high-status jobs

Question 6

There is a strong positive correlation between wisdom and ______.

Answer 6

education level

Question 7

Which of the following neurotransmitters is explicitly involved in the functioning of memory and decline in late adulthood?

Answer 7

Acetylcholine

Question 8

Your uncle died 9 years ago and since that time, your 68-year-old aunt has been lonely and looking for companionship. How likely is it that your aunt will find someone and eventually remarry?

Answer 8

Not very likely, because there are so many more widows in late adulthood than widowers.