Chapter 18 - Young Adult-Older Adult

Question 1

biological process of aging influenced by genetics

Answer 1

senescence

Question 2

represents basic information processing skills (the ability to detect relationships among stimuli, the speed with which informant is analyzed, and the capacity of working memory)

Answer 2

fluid intelligence

Question 3

situation where children are living with the grandparents and to the parents

Answer 3

skipped generation

Question 4

skills that depend on accumulated knowledge, experience, good judgment, and masterly of social conventions

Answer 4

crystalized intelligence

Question 5

move from viewing truth in absolute terms of right and wrong (obtained from good or bad authorities) to recognizing multiple, conflicting versions of “truth” representing legitimate alternatives

Answer 5

relativist thinking

Question 6

cognitive development past Piagets formal operation stage

Answer 6

postformal thoughts

Question 7

reaching out to other sin ways that guide and give to the next generation

Answer 7

generativity

Question 8

thought is more responsive to context and less constrained by the need to find only one answer to a question

Answer 8

adaptive cognition

Question 9

people place their own comfort and security above challenges that include other people

Answer 9

stagnation

Question 10

dividing information, values, and authority into right and wrong, good and bad, we and they

Answer 10

dualistic thinking

Question 11

which of the following are changes associated with the normal aging process

Answer 11

decreased bone density, presbycusis, weaker respiratory effort, reduced peristalsis, slower immune response

Question 12

facts about older adults

Answer 12

majority are unemployed or retired, independence is often related to financial status, the population is becoming more racially diverse

Question 13

the body wears out from hard use. Organs and organ systems are worn down by toxins in the diet and in the environment; by the excessive consumption of fat, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine; by the ultraviolet rays of the sun; and by the many other physical and emotional stresses to which the body is subjected

Answer 13

wear and tear

Question 14

protein fibers that make up the body connective tissue form bonds, or links, with one another. When these normally separate fibers cross link, tissue becomes less elastic leading to negative outcomes such as loss of flexibility

Answer 14

cross-linking theory

Question 15

associated with a much slower transition to adulthood, marked by indecision and lack of commitment to one fixed goal in life. there is a delay in marriage and parenting, extension of educator and job switching

Answer 15

emerging adulthood

Question 16

lifestyle assessment of young adult

Answer 16

sexual orientation, safe sex practices, STD, pregnancy prevention, domestic violence and intimate partner violence, substance use and abuse, hazardous hobbies

Question 17

pap smears, breast exams, testicular exam, skin assessment

Answer 17

young adult screenings

Question 18

BP checks, colonoscopies, prostate exams, mammograms, pap smears, blood work for diabetes

Answer 18

middle adult screenings

Question 19

BP checks, colonoscopies, prostate exams, mammograms, blood work for diabetes

Answer 19

older adults screenings

Question 20

S/S for cardiovascular

Answer 20

chest pain, shortness of breath, palpations, fatigues, decreased sensation to the extremities, edema, leg pain

Question 21

S/S for respiratory

Answer 21

dyspnea, shortness of breath, laughing excess sputum, sailor, fatigue, orthopnea

Question 22

S/S for endocrine

Answer 22

polyuria, polydipsia polyphagia, glycosuria, hypo/hyperglycemia, changes in vision or peripheral sensation