Numerous biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors affect the way we age. Explain one example for each of the three that contributes to successful aging.

Which of the following is true of menopause? a. Both men and women experience menopause around the age of 50. b. Men experience menopause around 50 years of age, but women experience menopause around 65 years of age. c. Women experience menopause around 50 years of age, but men experience menopause around years of age. d. Women experience menopause around the age of 50, but men don't experience menopause. e. Men experience menopause around the age of 65, but women don't experience menopause.

Olivia and Jackson plan to get married next year. This significant life event will allow them to achieve Erikson's stage of a. competence. b. generativity. c. intimacy. d. identity. e. integrity.

As telomeres shorten, aging cells may die without being replaced, with perfect, genetic replicas. This process is showed by a. smoking. b. obesity. c. stress. d. aging. e. exercise.

Describe Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development for each of the following: • Marek, age 1 • Jessa, age 24 • Pauline, age 50 • Elsie, age 85

Give an example of a biological, a psychological, and a social factor that might contribute to gender differences.

Analyze how the following concepts might affect a middle school student who is ask ed by his friends to skip science class and hide in the bathroom at school. • The timing of puberty • The maturity of the teenage brain • Conventional morality

Which of the following changes does not occur with age? a. Visual sharpness diminishes. b. Distance perception is less acute. c. Adaption to light-level changes is less rapid. d. The lens of the eye becomes more transparent. e. Senses of smell and hearing diminish.

Brain scans of older adults show that the _____, a neural processing center for emotion, responds less actively to negative events (but not to positive events), and it interacts Jess with the hippocampus, brain memory-processing center. a. amygdala. b. hypothalamus. c. pineal gland. d. thyroid gland. e. thalamus.

A child who is genetically female a. has received an X chromosome from her mother and a Y chromosome from her father. b. has received a Y chromosome only from her mother. c.. has received a Y chromosome from her mother and an X chromosome from her father. d. has received two X chromosomes from he r mother and none from her father. e. has received an X chromosome from her father and her mother.

Explain the biological and cultural factors in emotion.

Which of the following is a primary sex characteristic that changes at puberty? a. A growth spurt in height, especially for boys. b. Development of breasts for girls. c. Full development of external genitalia in both sexes. d. Facial hair and deepened voice for boys. e. Appearance of pubic and underarm hair in both sexes.

Which of the following has been shown to be an effective intervention to reduce teen pregnancies? a. Abstinence only sex education in schools. b. Participation in service learning programs. c. Increasing guilt related to sexual activity. d. Taking a pledge to remain abstinent. e. Increased exposure to sexual content in the media.

Explain the difference between gender roles and gender schemas. How does social learning contribute to the formation of each?