Chapter 15

Question 1

Presbyopia

Answer 1

Around age 60, the lens loses its capacity to adjust to objects at varying distances entirely

Question 2

Glaucoma

Answer 2

Increased risk at middle age. A disease in which poor fluid drainage leads to a buildup of pressure within the eye, damaging the optic nerve

Question 3

Presbycusis

Answer 3

Although some conditions run in families and may be hereditary, most are age-related, “old hearing”

Question 4

Climacteric

Answer 4

The midlife transition in which fertility declines

Question 5

Menopause

Answer 5

The end of menstruation and reproductive capacity

Question 6

Hormone Therapy

Answer 6

Low daily doses of estrogen

Question 7

Osteoporosis

Answer 7

When age-related bone loss is severe

Question 8

Type A Behavior Pattern

Answer 8

Extreme competitiveness, ambition, impatience, hostility, angry outbursts, and sense of eagerness, hurriedness, and time pressure

Question 9

Hardiness

Answer 9

A set of three personal qualities - control, commitment, and challenge - that, together

Question 10

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 10

Refers to skills that depend on accumulated knowledge and experience, good judgement, and mastery of social conventions - abilities acquired because they are valued by the individual;s culture

Question 11

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 11

Depends more heavily on basic information-processing skills - ability to detect relationships among visual stimuli, speed of analyzing information, and capacity of working memory

Question 12

Practical Problem Solving

Answer 12

Requires people to size up real-world situations and analyze how best to achieve goals that have a high degree of uncertainty