Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Questions

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. Your new neighbour Steven, has two children under the age of 2, and has just completed teacher training. Steven would be classed as a young adult is based on:

terminal age correct incorrect

social age correct incorrect

chronological age correct incorrect

mental age correct incorrect

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. During middle adulthood:

statistics indicate that most adults in Australia are married correct incorrect

work and career are relatively unimportant correct incorrect

crystallised intelligence has not yet emerged correct incorrect

the habits we have had during earlier years begin to affect our health correct incorrect

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. Improving our health in older adulthood by increasing exercise and supplementation with antioxidant-based foods links to which theory?

wear and tear theory correct incorrect

obsolescence theory correct incorrect

free radical theory correct incorrect

errors in copying theory correct incorrect

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. Grieving is considered dysfunctional when:

it lasts for longer than one month correct incorrect

it is the result of an unexpected event correct incorrect

blocked, postponed, prevented, or denied correct incorrect

if the individual does not express emotions by tears and crying correct incorrect

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. Mrs Hettie Smith is experiencing dementia. Of the following symptoms, it is most likely that she will show:

reduced anxiety levels correct incorrect

multiple changes in personality correct incorrect

short-term memory loss correct incorrect

confusion and aggression correct incorrect