Exam 3: Biological Aging and Health

With regard to the life expectancy of Americans who reach the age of 65,men have fewer years left than women do.

How are programming and stochastic theories of biological aging different? Give an example of each and explain why it falls into the category it does.

Describe how both nature and nurture relate to individual differences in longevity.

Which disease is associated with high blood glucose levels and can lead to complications such as stroke and blindness?

Which of the following is the best example of an instrumental activity of daily living (IADL)?

Programmed theories of aging have more in common with secondary aging than they do with primary aging.

Describe any gender differences in life expectancy in the United States.

Which of the following is the best example of an activity of daily living (ADL)?

Deterioration of the bone structure (brittle and porous bones) is found most commonly in________,who suffer in great numbers from ______.

Compared to rats on unrestricted diets,rats fed a diet nutritionally adequate diet but a reduced number of calories ______________.

Compared with the brains of old rats that live in standard cages with little stimulation,the brains of old rats that live in a complex toy-filled environment ___________.

Which group of Americans has the lowest life expectancy at birth?

Human life span _______________.

As a cause of death,diabetes is ______ among European American older adults than it is among African American older adults.

Which of the following is NOT considered a stochastic theory of biological aging?

The federal health insurance program that covers most Americans as long as they are ages 65 and older is called _________.

Secondary aging refers to age-related changes that ___________.

As age increases from middle to older adulthood,the volume of the brain _____.

When people are exposed to conditions of stress,their physiological responses are associated with an increase in the level of stress-related hormones.When the stressful conditions return to normal,the elevated hormone levels do too.A return to normal,or baseline,levels of stress hormones ______________.

According to findings from the Nun Study,it is possible to predict longevity on the basis of the level of positive emotional expression found in autobiographies that the nuns wrote when they were entering the convent as young adults.