Chapter 12

Question 1

Define quality of life

Answer 1

A multidimensional construct referring to an overall sense of well-being with a strong relation to a persons health perceptions and ability to function: includes aspects of physical and mental health and functioning and social support

Question 2

Define morbidity

Answer 2

The quality or state of being morbid or unhealthful

Question 3

Adults aged 60-79 years only ___% meet Canada’s physical activity guidelines

Answer 3

11%

Question 4

How many hours of sedentary behaviour do older adults experience

Answer 4

10 hours (not including sleeping)

Question 5

Define sarcopenia

Answer 5

A deficiency in the amount of skeletal muscle tissue

Question 6

What is essential to prevent sarcopenia

Answer 6

Weight training

Question 7

What is the recommendation of adult physical activity

Answer 7

60 mins of moderate to vigorous physical activity

Question 8

Some researchers believe that _% per year is a general rate of decline for all skills and capacities

Answer 8

0.5%

Question 9

Some researchers have suggested that many of the physical and cognitive declines associated with aging are in fact the result of a __

Answer 9

Long standing sedentary lifestyle or disuse

Question 10

Define compensation theory

Answer 10

A theory of aging based on the notion that age related losses in one area can be offset by improvements in another area

Question 11

Define the selective maintenance model

Answer 11

A model of aging emphasizing the role of high quality training and practice in acquiring and maintaining the domain specific characteristics required for high levels of skill

Question 12

Research indicates that golf skill is ____ to degradation over time

Answer 12

Resistant

Question 13

In general ___ and ___ appears to be more resistant to age related decline than physiological factors such as aerobic capacity

Answer 13

Cognitive

Motor skills

Question 14

Define masters athletes

Answer 14

Athletes who are aged 30 years or older competing at the masters level of competition

Question 15

Define mortality

Answer 15

Frequency of number of deaths in proportion to a population

Question 16

What are some barriers to exercise for older adults

Answer 16

Health problems/pain

Lazy/not motivated

Too busy/no time

Fatigue

Bad weather

Don’t like exercise

Question 17

Define stereotypes

Answer 17

Popularly held beliefs about a type of person or group of people

Question 18

Define implicit priming

Answer 18

A technique used to activate or reinforce a belief without conscious awareness

Question 19

Define disidentification

Answer 19

Reconceptualizing your self image to remove the value associated with a domain thereby reducing the impact of negative performance

Question 20

What are determinants of physical activity and sport involvement in older adults

Answer 20

Demographic and biological factors

Behavioural attributes

Social and cultural factors

Physical environment factors

Psychological cognitive and emotional factors

Question 21

Define socioeconomic status

Answer 21

The relative position of a family on a societal hierarchy based on aces to or control over wealth prestige and power

Question 22

What are the most common psychological cognitive and emotional factors of determinants of physical activity in older adult s

Answer 22

Enjoyment

Perceived health and fitness

Question 23

The model of successful aging is the balance of three components

Answer 23

Absence of chronic disease

Maintenance of cognitive and physical functioning

Active engagement with life

Question 24

Define the dose response relationship

Answer 24

Refers to the change in an outcome cause by differing doses of a stressor. With respect to exercise it refers to the strong positive relationship between doses of exercise and positive health effects